Quotes about "Humor & Comedy"

When I was a kid, I wanted to be serious, like Daniel Day-Lewis. No one really dreams of being a comic actor, do they? Now I realise how stupid that is - and it's because comic acting isn't taken seriously enough. It's a discipline. You know instantly - either you're funny and getting the laughs, or you're not. ”

I think there's something in the fact that it's hard to be good looking and funny. You have to have an oddball quality; people have to sympathise with you to find you funny. ”

You have a couple of buddies sleep over, and, you know, you play cops and robbers. That I'm getting paid to do it now is kind of funny. ”

A sitcom isn't usually the right tool for satire. ”

The main thing about doing a comedy is that you spend most of your days really happy and laughing. ”

I honestly think comedy is probably the hardest stuff to do. ”

How precise you need to be when you're in a comedy, and the honesty you need and to have those two things meet up and have the execution just right, I always found very difficult. ”

When I'm doing a drama, I like to find the comedy; when I'm doing a comedy, I like to find the heart and drama. ”

I like funny things, but I don't find myself particularly funny. ”

I believe people leave a theater bonding with characters. Story is the vessel that carries character. Comedy is a very important component of expressing character. ”