I don't think comedy necessarily comes from a dark place. But I do think what a lot of us have in common is that, growing up, being funny was a coping mechanism.
Lying is not only a defense mechanism; it's also a coping mechanism and a survival technique.
Arranging for and allowing ourselves to have fun is an important part of taking care of ourselves. It helps us stay healthy. It helps us work better. It balances life. We deserve to have fun. Fun is a normal part of being alive. Fun is taking time to celebrate being alive.
For me, writing is a kind of coping mechanism.
If I stay alert, then I can challenge myself, and by challenging myself, that helps me to stay alive and to hopefully take something away from the experience.
Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism.
My coping mechanism with my dyslexia is to use wit and humor.
Humor helps us get through life with a modicum of grace. It offers one of the few benign ways of coping with the absurdity of it all.
The idea of evil is always subject to denial as a coping mechanism.
As long as I stay engaged with everybody else, then I'll create more comedy. It's just when I shut off and stay at home... What helps me is just to keep moving.
Music for me is not just being on a stage and singing. It's my coping mechanism.
I've always had a quirky way of looking at things. It's my coping mechanism.
Any mechanism that will ensure benefits to consumer, any mechanism that will ensure that we do not waste food grains, any mechanism that helps the poorest of the poor is a welcome step.
My mom's coping mechanism was to be strong and resilient. She is very compassionate and nonjudgmental.
Food became my coping mechanism and I've never been able to break that cycle.
Popular religion is a coping mechanism for the anxieties of a dysfunctional social and economic environment.