Comedic Quotes - Page 6

• I like playing an array of different roles. From the fun, comedic roles to the serious roles. It's always fun to play the role that either closely represents your own personality or the role that is completely opposite of yourself.

  Manika

  Fun, Opposites, Play

  Source: www.kidzworld.com

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• Comedy comes from a place of hurt. Charlie Chaplin was starving and broke in London, and that's where he got his character 'the tramp' from. It's a bad situation that he transformed into comedic one.

  Chris Tucker

  Hurt, Character, London

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• I loved Peter Sellers. I thought he was the perfect mix of physical comedy with out-of-the-box humor. I loved his tone; I loved his physicality; I loved everything about what he was doing as a comedic actor.

  J. B. Smoove

  Perfect, Actors, Tone

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• This has been one of the more comedic aspects of this 72 hours - watching a cavalcade of extremely wealthy pundits, editorialists and political operatives from New York and Washington tell me how rural Americans won't stand for this.

  Josh Marshall

  New York, Political, Hours

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• I've always been partial to comedy. I love the idea of working on a comedic scene.

  Matthew Lewis

  Ideas, Comedy, Scene

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• I've always wanted to do all kinds of roles, dramatic roles and comedic roles, all kinds of roles.

  Aubrey Plaza

  Roles, Kind, Dramatic

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• I feel more comfortable writing firmly comedic or slightly comedic stuff.

  Justin Theroux

  Writing, Stuff, Feels

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• I always did plays, I got the comedic roles in college ... or, uh, the ones that would get naked.

  Amy Schumer

  College, Play, Naked

  Source: www.popmatters.com

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• Jason [Sudeikis] is a successful actor and comedian, I don't think that he takes comedic roles any less seriously than he does dramatic roles.

  Taron Egerton

  Successful, Thinking, Comedian

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd are really amazing, lovely people and really great comedic actors.

  Malin Akerman

  People, Lovely, Actors

  "Malin Akerman Exclusive Interview HAPPYTHANKYOUMOREPLEASE". Press day, collider.com. March 2, 2011.

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• I always loved the creative process, from 'Shakespeare in Love' to 'Finding Neverland' to 'Basquiat'; whether it's serious, or it's comedic, whether it's the 'inside look' at that, it seems to be a theme of what I do.

  Harvey Weinstein

  Creative, Looks, Serious

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• Had I known that the heart breaks slowly, dismantling itself into unrecognizable plots of misery... had I known yet I would have loved you, your brash and insolent beauty, your heavy comedic face and knowledge of sweet delights, but from a distance I would have left you whole and wholly for the delectation of those who wanted more and cared less.

  Maya Angelou

  Sweet, Distance, Heart

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• I dress like a boy most of the time because I like what's comfortable, so sometimes when I have to wear dresses and makeup, it's kind of comedic.

  Analeigh Tipton

  Boys, Makeup, Dresses

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• I grew up in Glen Ellyn, which is about 20 miles west of Chicago. I attended Glenbard South High School and University of Illinois. I didn't study acting until I moved to Los Angeles after college, but the fact that I was raised in the Chicago area set the stage for all of my comedic and acting sensibilities.

  Ryan McPartlin

  School, College, Illinois

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I would love to work with Bill Murray. I've always been such a big fan. I think he's obviously a great comedic actor but a really interesting actor.

  Will Ferrell

  Thinking, Interesting, Fans

  "Megamind - Will Ferrell interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• Even when I was doing theater it was more comedic. Don't get me wrong, I love doing the dramatic and heavy stuff, but I just want to have fun. I want to make people laugh.

  Megan Hilty

  Fun, Laughing, People

  Source: www.etonline.com

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• When someone who is known for being comedic does something straight, it's always "a big breakthrough" or a "radical departure." Why is is no one ever says that if a straight actor does comedy? Are they presuming comedy is easier?

  Carol Burnett

  Humor, Doe, Actors

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• You know, when you're part of a comedic duo, you can take breaks. It's kind of like having a partner that is good with a kid.

  Robert Downey, Jr.

  Kids, Duos, Kind

  "Val Kilmer & Robert Downey Jr. Talk Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang". Interview With B. Alan Orange, movieweb.com. October 20, 2005.

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• When I approach villains, unless it's a drama, I'm a comedian, so I approach most things from a comedic point of view.

  Rob Riggle

  Drama, Views, Comedian

  Source: collider.com

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• It doesn't do any good to just be on the side of black people. The funnier comedic position is to be on the side of oppressed people in general.

  W. Kamau Bell

  People, Black, Sides

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I don't think comics necessarily think in literary terms. There is an element of developing your stage persona and your comedic voice, but I don't think comics see it like a character in a novel.

  Ted Alexandro

  Character, Thinking, Voice

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

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• I like stories with a collision of disparate tones. Look at 'Shameless' or 'House of Lies'. They go from big, silly, and comedic to very real dramatic moments in the wink of an eye.

  David Nevins

  Real, Lying, Silly

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• I've come to the possible conclusion that being a comedic writer/director is like running track. You do it for a certain amount of time and then you have to stop. Or you at least have to accept that you're not going to be at the top of your game. And that's OK.

  David Wain

  Running, Games, Track

  Interview with Toph Eggers, believermag.com. March 1, 2011.

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• I always felt that I was more of an actress than a - I can't tell a joke to save my soul, but that I was a comedic actress.

  Carol Burnett

  Soul, Actresses, Jokes

  "Actress-comedienne Carol Burnett". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. April 30, 2010.

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• Being comedic is a skill, because there is a fine line where the context is important. And being dramatic is just being honest and real in that moment.

  Bob Odenkirk

  Real, Skills, Important

  Source: www.salon.com

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