Everybody says how hard comedy is, but, when it comes time to honor things, whether it's on a weekly critical basis or whether it's award time, at that time of the year, comedy is the poor, dumb child of dramatic work.
Ivan ReitmanAbout author
- Author's profession: Actor
- Nationality: canadian
- Born: October 27, 1946
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