"Sketches have characters, exits, entrances and are vastly different"
- David Cross
About this Quote
This quote by David Cross speaks to the power of sketches in comedy. Sketches are a type of comical efficiency that involve a series of short scenes, often with a funny style. Sketches can be used to narrate, develop a joke, or simply provide a comedic minute. They often involve characters, exits, and entryways, which can be utilized to create a comedic result. Sketches can be vastly various from one another, depending upon the comedic design of the performer. For example, a sketch may be a physical funny routine, a parody of a popular motion picture, or a series of jokes. Sketches can likewise be used to check out a variety of subjects, from social issues to present events. Sketches are a powerful tool for comedians, as they can be utilized to produce a special comical experience for the audience.
This quote is written / told by David Cross somewhere between April 4, 1964 and today. He was a famous Comedian from USA.
The author also have 23 other quotes.
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"The way I write is that I'll actually have a conversation out loud with myself. In a weird way, I just kind of get schizophrenic and play two characters"
"From beginning to end it's about keeping the energy and the intensity of the story and not doing too much and not doing too little, but just enough so people stay interested and stay involved in the characters"
"They weren't impatient for the boys to turn into cartoons again. They awarded sympathy, gave compassion. Because deep down they had found parts of themselves in the characters. You said it George"
"And I have to credit David Jacobs with the opportunities he gave me. He was totally into sharing the creation of characters. David put together a show that told the story of people over many years' time and that was greatly enjoyable. Though nowadays that is frowned upon"
"I plot the first 5 or 6 chapters quite minutely, and also the end. So I know where I am going but not how I'm going to get there, which gives characters the chance to develop organically, as happens in real life as you get to know a person"
"I think for anybody reading the book they're going to get an idea in their heads of all those characters, and I think that once that gets fixed, it's quite hard to shake"
