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JO BRAND I like comedy a lot, and dramatics show how I can really act. Because a lot of people can do comedy ...
CAYDEN BOYD![]()
The first purpose of comedy is to make people laugh. Anything deeper is a bonus. Some comedians want...
TREVOR NOAH After the comedy boom of the '80s, there was a certain formula that comedians had to do and coul...
SCOTT AUKERMAN It's kind of hard to retain the feminine. I have so much respect for the feminine, but it's ...
LAUREN SOUTHERN I used to devour a lot of stand-up comedy in my cousin's basement. He had cable and I didn't...
SEBASTIAN MANISCALCO The dueling maturity levels in high school is such a source of comedy to me. I was always such a lat...
PAUL FEIG Comedians are sometimes resentful of their writers. Probably because it's hard for giant egos to...
DICK CAVETT![]()
I find comedy to be really scary, because it can go so wrong so easily, and the margin for error is ...
TATIANA MASLANY It's something that's always been there for me, that I have huge blue eyes - it's been s...
DAKOTA FANNING I've always been a fan of comedy. I've always enjoyed it. It's something I'm very pa...
ROB RIGGLE![]()
'50/50' is a comedy. I shouldn't say it's a buddy comedy because it's not farcic...
BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD![]()
I wasn't even a big comedy nerd. A lot of the comedians I know - a lot of my friends are comedia...
DEMETRI MARTIN![]()
I think when I was young, let's call it high school, and even before that, I just loved comedy, ...
STEVE MARTIN![]()
It's very, very corrupting to the spirit, doing comedy. And you have to be almost a saint, like ...
MIKE NICHOLS At comedy festivals, we always get grouped with other musical comedians, so you can get to know them...
KATE MICUCCI I'm a big fan of comedians not having to apologize for anything. Nowadays it seems comedians are...
KEVIN DILLON![]()
Be an individual. I mean, obviously it's hard for a brand, for a corporation, to have a huge fol...
CAMERON DALLAS Aditi is a comedy superstar over in India. She's only one of three female English-speaking comed...
HASAN MINHAJ I will say this about the Miz: Even though I don't like his wrestling style, he is a very hard w...
DANIEL BRYAN![]()
That's the Elektra I tried to portray: one that's always in the grey. She is a tortured soul...
ELODIE YUNG![]()
Comedy will always be central to what I do, it's just an instinct for me, but I am a writer and ...
BEN ELTON I love doing comedy. I find comedy quite hard work. Comedy's underrated, I think, by actors, you...
RALPH BROWN I have always felt comedy and tragedy are roommates. If you look up comedy and tragedy, you will fin...
GILBERT GOTTFRIED It's a great counter to doing the soap because it's a comedy. It's real physical comedy.
CORBIN BERNSEN![]()
I've been trying to find women writers for my staff for a while now and I have three women on my...
ELLEN DEGENERES![]()
Someone's career that I admire would have to be Justin Timberlake's because he started off o...
VICTORIA JUSTICE![]()
I'm trying to keep my personal life personal. It's very hard for me because I'm a very h...
DAVID ARQUETTE Women comedy is different than men comedy. Guy comedy is very aggressive, it's about insulting e...
PAUL FEIG![]()
I think for comedians, acting is their natural progression. It's all about progression.
RUSSELL PETERS Comedy is my choice, as it's what I've always enjoyed doing.
BELINDA STEWART-WILSON We've always been kind of an underground band in a way that had the respect of our peers on the ...
ROBIN ZANDER![]()
I grew up in a time when women didn't really do comedy. You had to be homely, overweight, an old...
LILY TOMLIN![]()
In boxing, it's one fight, so it's easier to build up rivalries, but everyone's got huge...
KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON![]()
I'm such a comedy fan that I just love laughing and so admire comedians who have brought me joy.
MIRANDA HART I think it's hard for Aaliyah to be duplicated, because she had her own lane.
MISSY ELLIOTT![]()
It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it'...
JACK LEMMON![]()
It seems I have a hard time being attracted to someone unless I respect what they do on some level. ...
ERIC STOLTZ If I've inadvertently become some sort of role model for failed comedians, then it's really ...
JACK DEE When you get the respect of the fans, it's very hard not to be happy.
YAYA TOURE Career had a lot to do with 80 percent of my breakups. It's very tough to date a struggling musi...
TAYLOR HICKS It's also that comedians don't have the kind of narcissism that actors have. They're wri...
RACHEL WEISZ I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to ha...
JACK WHITEHALL When there were just eight teams in each of the big leagues, I was always told, 'It's hard t...
RED SCHOENDIENST![]()
I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up. The comedians by nature weren't very -...
STEVE BUSCEMI![]()
Horror is like comedy. Woody Allen's comedy is going to be very different from Ben Stiller's...
ELI ROTH And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.
WANDA SYKES Because of my tremendous respect for Bob Barker and for the show's high standards of professiona...
RANDY WEST Comedy always pushes some buttons, because it wouldn't be comedy if it didn't.
BETH BEHRS![]()
I always loved comedy, but I never knew it was something you could learn to do. I always thought tha...
PAUL REISER![]()
I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre, and that's really where ...
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN I definitely relate so much to a lot of women in comedy, but I don't love segregating the gender...
ABBI JACOBSON I'm a huge fan of 'Community'; it's, I think, one of the most brilliant comedy on te...
EMMA CAULFIELD We're providing planning to a huge audience who's never had access to financial planners bef...
ALEXA VON TOBEL For me, it's hard to keep up with trends. I just go for the roles and movies that I feel I could...
LAURA HARRING I haven't signed as many films as I'd like to because there are no good roles, as dishearten...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU I just want my films to work. The hit or flop verdict really affects me. I seriously analyse what we...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU I vent my anger in the gym, and it calms me down.
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU I never look at how many songs I have or how many girls are there in a movie. If I like my character...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU In the film industry, you are fictitious, just like the characters you play. It has a lot do with a ...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU Only the film industry can make you an overnight success. Unlike other jobs where you have to work y...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU I am done with the cliched heroine roles. I can't go to work without a challenge. I want to do f...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU People often ask me why I don't take up more heroine-oriented roles. My question is, 'Where ...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU I am my biggest critic. Even in films where people said they liked me, I have disliked myself.
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU Of course, I will continue acting. I just need to dispel the Telugu and Tamil cinema's insecurit...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU There's a thin line between catering to the masses and making a fool of yourself; I try to walk ...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU Allu Arjun is one of the most stylish actors. We should take care of our looks when acting with him ...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU A lot of new girls are arriving every day - let them do the glamour roles! I am done with ultra glam...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU I know many actresses who started big but were sent packing, as they couldn't sustain the moment...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU I think people are able to relate to my appearance. They think of me as the girl next door.
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU I have always wanted to work with Lingusamy, as he is a master of commercial cinema. I have always a...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU I love acting, but I'm not too crazy about money or fame. They don't drive me.
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU I will come to know when my time's up, and when it is, I will exit gracefully. I will not hang a...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU There are thousands of good-looking women out there. Longevity for a heroine doesn't come only w...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU I'm a big fan of Samantha Bee's.
RACHAEL HARRIS It's always difficult, especially the U.S. Open, the last of the Grand Slams. It's always to...
AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA![]()
I like doing comedy, I like doing drama. Naturally I like to do, I like doing dramas, I like conflic...
MATT DILLON I always think of it in terms of music. You're not always going to be a huge rock star in music,...
DANIEL BRYAN![]()
There's a difference between someone who's 'harsh' and someone who is 'hard.'...
CLARENCE THOMAS![]()
I never felt I had my 15, 16, 17 kind of years the way I maybe should have. It's a huge dent in ...
BILLY CRYSTAL There's a lot of comedy in Intermission but it's got this depth. It's not comedy for com...
CILLIAN MURPHY![]()
I found out I had a real love for comedy and comedy writing. The logic was, there weren't too ma...
RITA RUDNER I have a fear of public speaking. It's very hard work. Words are not my skill, and because they&...
KERRY STOKES![]()
I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He i...
STEPHEN FRY![]()
I would have loved to do 'Alice in Wonderland.' Being a 'Bond' girl would always be ...
ASHLEY GREENE![]()
I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood...
LARRY DAVID![]()
Comedians are never really on vacation because you're always at attention... that antenna is alw...
BOB NEWHART It's always impressive when talented comedians are easy laughers or generous with their laughs.
HANK AZARIA![]()
You know, comedy's hard. With drama, you have a responsibility to the emotional truth, but with ...
JULIANNE MOORE I do feel like guys feel pressure to be funny with me, which is kind of annoying. It's a turn-of...
CHELSEA PERETTI My respect for Westerns have gone way, way up. It's hard and treacherous work. It's hard to ...
GORE VERBINSKI![]()
Maybe it's just a personal thing, but I get so much grounding from Iceland because I know it'...
BJORK I actually always had short hair as a kid, and it's really liberating. I recommend it. It's ...
FELICITY JONES![]()
Don't try to tell Namath's people on First Avenue about Babe Ruth, because they don't ev...
JIMMY BRESLIN I think that in any role you have, whether TV or film, it's hard to do comedy and drama within o...
CALLIE THORNE It's easier to play a dim character, for me, because I have a natural bent for comedy. It's ...
STEPHEN ROOT![]()
It's a tremendous feeling walking on to a set with a live audience and making them laugh, but I ...
JULIA SAWALHA![]()
I'd have to say that my favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinnin...
ALAN ARKIN
IVAN LANDRY It's a funny thing, but it's often overlooked that I'm a huge devout lover of French coo...
WYLIE DUFRESNE
Christians have always been fodder for comedians who have tended to portray them as anoraks - slight... JO BRAND I like comedy a lot, and dramatics show how I can really act. Because a lot of people can do comedy ...
CAYDEN BOYD
The first purpose of comedy is to make people laugh. Anything deeper is a bonus. Some comedians want... TREVOR NOAH After the comedy boom of the '80s, there was a certain formula that comedians had to do and coul...
SCOTT AUKERMAN It's kind of hard to retain the feminine. I have so much respect for the feminine, but it's ...
LAUREN SOUTHERN I used to devour a lot of stand-up comedy in my cousin's basement. He had cable and I didn't...
SEBASTIAN MANISCALCO The dueling maturity levels in high school is such a source of comedy to me. I was always such a lat...
PAUL FEIG Comedians are sometimes resentful of their writers. Probably because it's hard for giant egos to...
DICK CAVETT
I find comedy to be really scary, because it can go so wrong so easily, and the margin for error is ... TATIANA MASLANY It's something that's always been there for me, that I have huge blue eyes - it's been s...
DAKOTA FANNING I've always been a fan of comedy. I've always enjoyed it. It's something I'm very pa...
ROB RIGGLE
'50/50' is a comedy. I shouldn't say it's a buddy comedy because it's not farcic... BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD
I wasn't even a big comedy nerd. A lot of the comedians I know - a lot of my friends are comedia... DEMETRI MARTIN
I think when I was young, let's call it high school, and even before that, I just loved comedy, ... STEVE MARTIN
It's very, very corrupting to the spirit, doing comedy. And you have to be almost a saint, like ... MIKE NICHOLS At comedy festivals, we always get grouped with other musical comedians, so you can get to know them...
KATE MICUCCI I'm a big fan of comedians not having to apologize for anything. Nowadays it seems comedians are...
KEVIN DILLON
Be an individual. I mean, obviously it's hard for a brand, for a corporation, to have a huge fol... CAMERON DALLAS Aditi is a comedy superstar over in India. She's only one of three female English-speaking comed...
HASAN MINHAJ I will say this about the Miz: Even though I don't like his wrestling style, he is a very hard w...
DANIEL BRYAN
That's the Elektra I tried to portray: one that's always in the grey. She is a tortured soul... ELODIE YUNG
Comedy will always be central to what I do, it's just an instinct for me, but I am a writer and ... BEN ELTON I love doing comedy. I find comedy quite hard work. Comedy's underrated, I think, by actors, you...
RALPH BROWN I have always felt comedy and tragedy are roommates. If you look up comedy and tragedy, you will fin...
GILBERT GOTTFRIED It's a great counter to doing the soap because it's a comedy. It's real physical comedy.
CORBIN BERNSEN
I've been trying to find women writers for my staff for a while now and I have three women on my... ELLEN DEGENERES
Someone's career that I admire would have to be Justin Timberlake's because he started off o... VICTORIA JUSTICE
I'm trying to keep my personal life personal. It's very hard for me because I'm a very h... DAVID ARQUETTE Women comedy is different than men comedy. Guy comedy is very aggressive, it's about insulting e...
PAUL FEIG
I think for comedians, acting is their natural progression. It's all about progression. RUSSELL PETERS Comedy is my choice, as it's what I've always enjoyed doing.
BELINDA STEWART-WILSON We've always been kind of an underground band in a way that had the respect of our peers on the ...
ROBIN ZANDER
I grew up in a time when women didn't really do comedy. You had to be homely, overweight, an old... LILY TOMLIN
In boxing, it's one fight, so it's easier to build up rivalries, but everyone's got huge... KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON
I'm such a comedy fan that I just love laughing and so admire comedians who have brought me joy. MIRANDA HART I think it's hard for Aaliyah to be duplicated, because she had her own lane.
MISSY ELLIOTT
It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it'... JACK LEMMON
It seems I have a hard time being attracted to someone unless I respect what they do on some level. ... ERIC STOLTZ If I've inadvertently become some sort of role model for failed comedians, then it's really ...
JACK DEE When you get the respect of the fans, it's very hard not to be happy.
YAYA TOURE Career had a lot to do with 80 percent of my breakups. It's very tough to date a struggling musi...
TAYLOR HICKS It's also that comedians don't have the kind of narcissism that actors have. They're wri...
RACHEL WEISZ I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to ha...
JACK WHITEHALL When there were just eight teams in each of the big leagues, I was always told, 'It's hard t...
RED SCHOENDIENST
I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up. The comedians by nature weren't very -... STEVE BUSCEMI
Horror is like comedy. Woody Allen's comedy is going to be very different from Ben Stiller's... ELI ROTH And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.
WANDA SYKES Because of my tremendous respect for Bob Barker and for the show's high standards of professiona...
RANDY WEST Comedy always pushes some buttons, because it wouldn't be comedy if it didn't.
BETH BEHRS
I always loved comedy, but I never knew it was something you could learn to do. I always thought tha... PAUL REISER
I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre, and that's really where ... CHRISTOPHER WALKEN I definitely relate so much to a lot of women in comedy, but I don't love segregating the gender...
ABBI JACOBSON I'm a huge fan of 'Community'; it's, I think, one of the most brilliant comedy on te...
EMMA CAULFIELD We're providing planning to a huge audience who's never had access to financial planners bef...
ALEXA VON TOBEL For me, it's hard to keep up with trends. I just go for the roles and movies that I feel I could...
LAURA HARRING I haven't signed as many films as I'd like to because there are no good roles, as dishearten...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU I just want my films to work. The hit or flop verdict really affects me. I seriously analyse what we...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU I vent my anger in the gym, and it calms me down.
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU I never look at how many songs I have or how many girls are there in a movie. If I like my character...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU In the film industry, you are fictitious, just like the characters you play. It has a lot do with a ...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU Only the film industry can make you an overnight success. Unlike other jobs where you have to work y...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU I am done with the cliched heroine roles. I can't go to work without a challenge. I want to do f...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU People often ask me why I don't take up more heroine-oriented roles. My question is, 'Where ...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU I am my biggest critic. Even in films where people said they liked me, I have disliked myself.
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU Of course, I will continue acting. I just need to dispel the Telugu and Tamil cinema's insecurit...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU There's a thin line between catering to the masses and making a fool of yourself; I try to walk ...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU Allu Arjun is one of the most stylish actors. We should take care of our looks when acting with him ...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU A lot of new girls are arriving every day - let them do the glamour roles! I am done with ultra glam...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU I know many actresses who started big but were sent packing, as they couldn't sustain the moment...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU I think people are able to relate to my appearance. They think of me as the girl next door.
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU I have always wanted to work with Lingusamy, as he is a master of commercial cinema. I have always a...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU I love acting, but I'm not too crazy about money or fame. They don't drive me.
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU I will come to know when my time's up, and when it is, I will exit gracefully. I will not hang a...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU There are thousands of good-looking women out there. Longevity for a heroine doesn't come only w...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU I'm a big fan of Samantha Bee's.
RACHAEL HARRIS It's always difficult, especially the U.S. Open, the last of the Grand Slams. It's always to...
AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA
I like doing comedy, I like doing drama. Naturally I like to do, I like doing dramas, I like conflic... MATT DILLON I always think of it in terms of music. You're not always going to be a huge rock star in music,...
DANIEL BRYAN
There's a difference between someone who's 'harsh' and someone who is 'hard.'... CLARENCE THOMAS
I never felt I had my 15, 16, 17 kind of years the way I maybe should have. It's a huge dent in ... BILLY CRYSTAL There's a lot of comedy in Intermission but it's got this depth. It's not comedy for com...
CILLIAN MURPHY
I found out I had a real love for comedy and comedy writing. The logic was, there weren't too ma... RITA RUDNER I have a fear of public speaking. It's very hard work. Words are not my skill, and because they&...
KERRY STOKES
I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He i... STEPHEN FRY
I would have loved to do 'Alice in Wonderland.' Being a 'Bond' girl would always be ... ASHLEY GREENE
I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood... LARRY DAVID
Comedians are never really on vacation because you're always at attention... that antenna is alw... BOB NEWHART It's always impressive when talented comedians are easy laughers or generous with their laughs.
HANK AZARIA
You know, comedy's hard. With drama, you have a responsibility to the emotional truth, but with ... JULIANNE MOORE I do feel like guys feel pressure to be funny with me, which is kind of annoying. It's a turn-of...
CHELSEA PERETTI My respect for Westerns have gone way, way up. It's hard and treacherous work. It's hard to ...
GORE VERBINSKI
Maybe it's just a personal thing, but I get so much grounding from Iceland because I know it'... BJORK I actually always had short hair as a kid, and it's really liberating. I recommend it. It's ...
FELICITY JONES
Don't try to tell Namath's people on First Avenue about Babe Ruth, because they don't ev... JIMMY BRESLIN I think that in any role you have, whether TV or film, it's hard to do comedy and drama within o...
CALLIE THORNE It's easier to play a dim character, for me, because I have a natural bent for comedy. It's ...
STEPHEN ROOT
It's a tremendous feeling walking on to a set with a live audience and making them laugh, but I ... JULIA SAWALHA
I'd have to say that my favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinnin... ALAN ARKIN
Don't take for granted that the worthiness of your cause will win you allies; bring it down to a... 
When dictators feel their support slipping among adults, it is not unusual for them to alter school ... 
Syria is important because it lies at the heart of a region critical to U.S. security, a region that... 
Everyone wants to look their best, everyone has dreams of wanting to look like something else. But w... 
I'll never get a part in a huge action blockbuster. 
I am proud of what I've done. 
I don't have a problem with my image; it's other people who do. 
I'm an outgoing girl, and I can't help the way I look. 
I still consider myself a working-class girl and would send my kids to public school. 