If you work at comedy too laboriously, you can kill what's funny in the joke.

  • -- Richard Russo 理查德·罗素

如果你太过努力地演喜剧,你就能把笑话里有趣的东西都抹杀了。

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Yeah, even a black comedy. Where it's a little eerie. I'd love to do that. But there are about three really fabulous ones on the air now and I don't know if I can do any better than that. I'd like to sort of forge new ground.

是的,甚至是一部黑色喜剧。有点诡异。我很乐意这么做。但是现在有三个非常棒的节目正在播出,我不知道我能不能做得更好。我想开拓新的领域。

Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?

幽默总是建立在一点点事实的基础上。你听过关于岳父的笑话吗?

The joke I always make about myself is that I'm self-involved, but I'm not vain.

我经常拿自己开玩笑,说我很自私,但我不虚荣。

Comedy may be big business but it isn't pretty.

喜剧可能是一门大生意,但它并不漂亮。