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Life isn't categorized into comedy, drama, action, is it?So I don't know why they try... JENNIFER ANISTON It's funny because I think a lot of it is simply... We've never considered ourselves satiris... TREY PARKER I like doing comedy, I like doing drama. Naturally I like to do, I like doing dramas, I like conflic... MATT DILLON When I'm playing comedy, I never do 'jokes.' Sometimes I'll deliver a line in a way ... BRUCE MCGILL I like dramatic stuff, and I have a goofball side, too. I like to do comedy and off-beat things as m... MARTIN HENDERSON Horror is like comedy. Woody Allen's comedy is going to be very different from Ben Stiller's... ELI ROTH There's that side of me that wants to be the loving, caring father, and there's the other si... DAVE GAHAN I don't want to play earnest. I'd rather play somebody who's kind of sleazy. It's mu... JACK COLEMAN People who know me, they know I have a sense of humor, I'm a bit of a joker, a bit of a clown re... 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FAYSSAL MEKDAD I think Amy Poehler and Tina Fey have done so much for women in comedy in the sense that they've... TATIANA MASLANY I've been on the side where you have nothing, and now I'm on the side where anything I want ... DWIGHT HOWARD Maybe it's because I come from a very utopian world of being a comedian, but I'm used to man... TREVOR NOAH With drama, you know if you're having a true moment, but in comedy, if somebody doesn't laug... BROOKE NEVIN I haven't been offered a lot of comedy. In theater, I've done quite a bit of comedy or drama... MIREILLE ENOS Comedy is such a vulnerable thing. With drama, you're not trying to make someone cry. If you do,... HARLEY QUINN SMITH First and foremost when you're doing comedy, you gotta be relevant and applicable to the times t... ADAM MCKAY I have deep feelings of depression... What can I do about this?' 'Snap out of it! Five cents, p... CHARLES M. SCHULZ I do feel like guys feel pressure to be funny with me, which is kind of annoying. 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