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Is there someone I look up to? Uh, yeah. Um. I look up to John Ritter, just because, I guess, he's a physical comedian. Um, and I enjoy that. (Tharp Twyla)
I'm a comedian, for God's sake. Viewers shouldn't trust me. And you know what? They're hip enough to know they shouldn't trust me. I'm just doing stand-up comedy. (Tharp Twyla)
At the base, it's about a man from America who doesn't quite fit in, with the comedy that entails. Everyone can relate to that, when things are lost in translation (Tharp Twyla)
Who would have ever thought I would win in the comedy and musical category? (Tharp Twyla)
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But those sitcoms - they're stealing money. (Tharp Twyla)
“Dark comedy is very difficult. You have to bring the audience in and push them away at the same time.” (Tharp Twyla)
Don't get me wrong, there are sometimes if I go and see a really funny comedy, that I wished I had smoked a joint. I'll be honest with you. That's the truth. (Tharp Twyla)
I do comedy shows. I make fun of myself, first of all. (Tharp Twyla)
“I think all comedy has victims, really, ... Even if it's not a victim that appears on camera, usually there's a victim. If it's political comedy, if you're talking about the president or whoever, there's a victim there.” (Tharp Twyla)
I've done about six comedies. Oddly enough, the script came to me from one of the guys in Platoon. (Tharp Twyla)
“The key to sitcom success is miserable people. If you see a happy couple, it's just gone, like when Sam and Diane got together on Cheers.” (Tharp Twyla)
“You know, the better scripts I've seen lately have been comedy scripts.” (Tharp Twyla)
“kind of like a traveling comedy circus.” (Tharp Twyla)
It was very serious and I wanted to do something really different so there was this comedy called TOP SECRET. (Tharp Twyla)
Doing comedy for film is always a challenge because you are in the hands of the editor after the fact. I am hoping I can do some more soon, I enjoy doing comedy. (Tharp Twyla)
“I still collect comics. I still have a great love and respect for the genre.” (Tharp Twyla)
“I'm a really huge fan of the old romantic comedies from the '30s and '40s... Huge fan. I love all that stuff.” (Tharp Twyla)
“All you have in comedy, in general, is just going with your instincts. You can only hope that other people think that what you think is funny is funny. I don't have an answer but I just try to plough straight ahead.” (Tharp Twyla)
“A lot of people have gotten into comedy because of certain influences in their lives or events that were painful, and I really have wracked my brain to figure it out. I pretty much have had a normal childhood. Maybe it was too normal.” (Tharp Twyla)
“I think a lot of the instincts you have doing comedy are really the same for doing drama, in that it's essentially about listening. The way I approach comedy, is you have to commit to everything as if it's a dramatic role, meaning you play it straight.” (Tharp Twyla)
“I'd done a couple of sitcoms earlier on, but I wasn't very good in them, so I thought that meant I couldn't act.” (Tharp Twyla)
“I think people are always looking for a good comedy.” (Tharp Twyla)
“Maybe if people are getting worn out with reality shows, which they don't seem to be, comedies will start reasserting themselves.” (Tharp Twyla)
I had developed a sitcom with UPN, but it wasn't picked up. (Tharp Twyla)
I did a theatrical musical, Annie Warbucks, when I was 11. We did a tour and we stopped by Los Angeles. (Tharp Twyla)
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