Fred Willard

I have always been more relaxed around comedy.

Comedy is harder, because if there's no laughs, it's pretty bad. But drama, if there's no reaction, you can say, 'Well, it's not their cup of tea. Maybe it's too heavy for the audience.'

Comedy relieves you. A lot of times, we think we're the only people bothered by certain things. Then you hear a comic say, 'Don't you hate it when...' And it's, 'Oh, my God! Of course!'

If you're going to take a risk as a comic, make sure it's surrounded by other things that you're certain are funny.

I think if you have a funny thought, and you want to get off a funny point, try to do it as realistically as you can. If you try to act it funny and accent the funny points, or do it in a funny style, you kind of lose it.

That's always a funny thing, when people think they're known for every little thing they ever did, and they're really not.

My first improv was Second City in Chicago. Before that, I worked at - with a partner, doing comedy sketches.

Someone I've always admired is Catherine O'Hara... I think she's one of the best actresses in the country, not only comedy. I just think she's just a step aside from everybody, she's just wonderful.

If you're not doing something right, you can feel it on stage, and if it isn't going well, the audience will tell you. A teacher can teach you sense memory and this and that, but until you get in front of an audience, you don't really feel it.

It's such a pleasure to work in these movies, it's almost like it's not really happening.

I was an only child.

I never got any advice in acting.