We met in funny circumstances: on a shoot Shortlist did for its Brit List feature in 2013.
"I'll be using a lot of material I've come across over the past years in dealing with people who are dying and the very funny circumstances and situations which often develop," he said.
I talk about the work I complete at 2am in the morning or the amount of "spew and poo" I had to clean up at 6am before leaving for work… I'm sure staff do not want to hear about this, but there are some exceptionally funny circumstances with children at home that can bring about a great deal of laughter at work.
But there are some things that retain their lustre whatever the circumstance, funny, nasty, demeaning, maddening and brilliant every time - and we've an entire generation of the genre that's only just begun.
It would not be funny in any circumstances if they were not," he said.
In another recurring bit that looks as if it would be funny under other circumstances, two technology-infatuated chatterboxes try to outdo each other in airheadedness.
That Mr. Knight is funny under these circumstances attests to his sharply honed clowning skills, considerable physical agility and top grades in actors' sensitivity training.
The romance that ensues may be pretty standard fare, but Morrison and Kidman are talented enough to make it funny and — when circumstances inevitably pull them apart — a little sad.
Not only did books give the men something to laugh at when there was nothing funny about their circumstances, but they also eased daily irritations.
Basically, you must write "the pornography of the sentimental" and never, under any circumstances, be funny.
"It's all about freedom," Mr. Elbaz said, which, considering his immediate circumstances, seemed funny.
