Quotes by Keenen Ivory Wayans

Keenen Ivory Wayans

A comedian, or any artist, needs their time to develop what they are doing. There has to be some respect for the art form and when it’s allowed to be seen.

Art

Comedian

Needs

Comedy has a responsibility to be a voice of society, so within that, there’s always going to be those that talk about those subjects and things that are going on in the world.

Responsibility

Voice

World

Creativity is the answer. I always prefer the creative solution to an expensive solution.

Answers

Creative

Creativity

I put heavy emphasis on the characters.

Character

Comedy

Emphasis

I put the cameras on her and told her to be obnoxious as she could possibly could be. She was.

Cameras

Comedy

Obnoxious

I think that if you, as a comedian, are trying to be in people’s face, then you’ve got to come up with new stuff every year. We’re in a mass consumption phase where people take things for granted and want things to be instant when these are not things that can be instant.

People

Thinking

Years

I’m just calm under fire. I’m not intimidating at all.

Calm

Comedy

Fire

I’m not on all the time. I like to have fun and be funny, but I’m much more of a thinker.

Comedy

Fun

Ivory

It’s rare that you cut out something that is really good. You screen all of it, and when the audience doesn’t respond, you cut out whatever is holding the story down.

Cutting

Hands

Stories

Just making a good movie is hard to do.

Comedy

Good Movie

Hard

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Quotes by Keenen Ivory Wayans

Keenen Ivory Wayans

A comedian, or any artist, needs their time to develop what they are doing. There has to be some respect for the art form and when it’s allowed to be seen.

Comedy has a responsibility to be a voice of society, so within that, there’s always going to be those that talk about those subjects and things that are going on in the world.

Creativity is the answer. I always prefer the creative solution to an expensive solution.

I put heavy emphasis on the characters.

I put the cameras on her and told her to be obnoxious as she could possibly could be. She was.

I think that if you, as a comedian, are trying to be in people’s face, then you’ve got to come up with new stuff every year. We’re in a mass consumption phase where people take things for granted and want things to be instant when these are not things that can be instant.

I’m just calm under fire. I’m not intimidating at all.

I’m not on all the time. I like to have fun and be funny, but I’m much more of a thinker.

It’s rare that you cut out something that is really good. You screen all of it, and when the audience doesn’t respond, you cut out whatever is holding the story down.

Just making a good movie is hard to do.

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