Gags Quotes

Without (the reality), it's just slamming into things. If you start with that physical comedy, then things surely but slowly fall apart. But you build on that reality and then you can go pretty outrageous - up to the Keaton-like gags. - Robin Williams

We then took a shortened version of what we'd been doing in the pubs, with the best gags and things like that, out to cabaret clubs and things in the north of England for six weeks. And we became a big success. - Neil Innes

We spent the first few rehearsals talking through the show, making sure everyone understood all the 1920s and '30s references. We also spent quite a lot of time working through all the gags and jokes in the script, making sure everyone understood them and could deliver them properly. - John Barthelmes

We didn't stick to any format. We would just get an idea, and once you started on the idea it would lend itself to gags and natural trouble of any kind. There was no format. - Buster Keaton

This is the one day of the year when people go out of their way to make someone laugh through tricks, practical jokes, or gags. What we're looking for is someone who is innovative, creative, and original in their desire to make people laugh. The intention of their prank, gag, or trick should be funny and playful, and not harmful in any way. - Valerie Pontbriand

They're doing different things. Some are little gags, some are moving, some are -- what can I say? Everybody does it their own way. - Daryl Cagle

The state of Tennessee cannot silence viewpoints it doesn't like. The specialty plate program, in its current form, gags some speech while championing others. - Hedy Weinberg

The first part of the story is very funny and very full of gags ... then the second part is not a comedy (and) is exactly a real tragedy. This, to me, was wonderful, the balance. - Roberto Benigni

Rebecca, much like Pepper, takes her job very seriously, but she doesn't take herself seriously. A lot of actors don't like to play the fool. They feel it weakens them in some way, but Rebecca gets power from it. So when bad things are happening to Pepper, or humiliating things are happening to Pepper, she rolls with it. And because she's able to throw herself in all the way, it makes the gags work. - Aaron Harberts