Tragedy quotes

“- Fan in Lobby: Can I talk to you about an idea for a film I have?
- Sandy Bates: This is not the place.
- Fan in Lobby: Do you have a moment, please? It's a comedy based on that whole Guyana mass suicide.”
Woody Allen - Sandy Bates

“The last thing to determine conclusively is whether you're in a comedy or a tragedy. Tragedy, you die. Comedy, you get hitched.”
Dustin Hoffman - Professor Jules Hilbert

“Opera Tonight. The damnation of Faust. Man sells his soul to the devil. All ends in tears, these arrangements usually do.”
Sir Michael Gambon - Eddie Temple

“Marla's philosophy of life is that she might die at any moment. The tragedy, she said, was that she didn't.”
Edward Norton - The Narrator

“Some people just don't like to celebrate human tragedy while on vacation.”
Michael Francis Moore - Himself

“- Lisa Houseman: But the coral shoes match that dress!
- Jake Houseman: This is not a tragedy. A tragedy is three men trapped in a mine, or police dogs used in Birmingham.
- Baby Houseman: Monks burning themselves in protest.”

Jane Brucker - Lisa Houseman
Jerry Orbach - Jake Houseman
Jennifer Grey - Baby Houseman

“As a fellow playwright you understand how narrow the line dividing comedy and tragedy.”

Walter Kingsford - Colbert

“I like being tragic, Ma. I learned it from you.”
Rosalind Chao - Rose

“- Dr. Chase Meridian: He'll slaughter them without thinking twice.
- Batman: Agreed. A trauma powerful enough to create an alternate personality leaves the victim...
- Dr. Chase Meridian: In a world where normal rules of right and wrong no longer apply.
- Batman: Exactly.”

Nicole Kidman - Dr. Chase Meridian
Val Kilmer - Batman