“Vulnerability is huge. I love to see that in characters. It's something I feel like a lot of my comedic heroes have always done.” FeelsDoneCharacterHugeHeroVulnerabilityComedic Author:Ed Helms
“As an actor, you can really play the intensity and gravity and seriousness of the moment, and just rely on the circumstances being funny. The joke is kind of the situation you're in, or the way you're reacting to something, as opposed to the characters just saying something witty.” WayKindPlayMomentsCharacterActorsSituationCircumstancesJokesWittyRelyIntensityGravitySeriousnessReactingJust SayingBeing Funny Author:Ed Helms
“You make adjustments according to the specifics of the character.It's something I feel like a lot of my comedic heroes have always done. It's not even necessarily vulnerability, always, but it's an earnestness, a genuine desire to actually do the right thing, but then still make really misguided, stupid decisions along the way.” WayFeelsStillsDoneCharacterDesireDecisionStupidHeroGenuineRight ThingVulnerabilityAdjustmentComedicMisguidedEarnestnessSpecificsStupid Decision Author:Ed Helms
“When you're playing a fictional character reacting to the real world, it's incredibly difficult and confusing and kind of messes with your values a bit.” WorldKindRealCharacterValuesBitsDifficultMessReal WorldConfusingReactingFictional Character Author:Ed Helms
“When I was 15 I lost a tooth and had an implant put in. Cut to 20 years later, I'm doing this part [Andy Bernard] and the script calls for my character to lose a tooth.” YearsCharacterLostLosesCuttingScriptsTeethImplants Author:Ed Helms
“What's cool is that in the story of the movie [The Hangover] our characters are also really kind of getting to know each other and bonding over the course of the movie. And I think you're seeing a real, a literal sort of friendship growing both in us as actors and on screen as characters.” ThinkingKnowsKindRealCharacterStoriesCoursesActorsGrowingSeeingScreensLiteralBondingHangoverGetting To Know Each Other Author:Ed Helms
“The biggest thing that comes out of improv that gets built on is just character traits. You know, for me the singing was born out of improv.” KnowsCharacterBornSingingBuiltTraitsCharacter Trait Author:Ed Helms
