“I get asked all the time if I want to do more dramatic acting, and I really doubt that dramatic actors get asked if they want to do more comedies. I don't really know why that is.” IfsKnowsWantActorsActingDoubtComedyDramatic Author:Chris O'Dowd
“I like to watch comedies; the most dramatic that I used to get was 'Forrest Gump.'” UsedWatchesComedyDramaticForrest Gump Author:Evan Peters
“I think it's harder to go from comedy to drama than from drama to comedy. Seeing you dramatic all the time, they crave to see you being silly or funny. But, seeing you in comedy all the time, it's hard to see that person go be serious, for some reason.” ThinkingPersonsHardReasonComedySeeingSeriousDramaHarderSillyDramaticCraveBeing Silly Author:Evan Peters
“I never consciously got into comedy. It was sort of one of those things where I was a theater student, I was acting, I was doing comedy, I was doing dramatic stuff, so it's been something that I've always done and enjoyed doing and had an instinct to be relatively good at.” DoneStuffActingComedyStudentsTheaterInstinctEnjoyedDramatic Author:Aasif Mandvi
“I was really more interested in dramatic work, but I thought, 'Well, I guess I could do comedy.” WellsComedyDramatic Author:Don Most
“I like to invest as a performer in the director's vision and then bring a sense of reality to whatever I'm doing, whether it's comedy or whether it's drama, and trust that they're going to tell me if something's reading as funny or if it's reading as dramatic or reading in the right tone.” IfsRealityReadingVisionComedyDramaDirectorsDramaticTonePerformers Author:Amy Seimetz
“There are so many great comedies, right now. I like how comedies are really mixing. They're not just one thing. It can be very moving and dramatic, and yet hilarious.” MovingComedyOne ThingRight NowDramaticJust OneMixingVery MovingGreat Comedy Author:Sarah Silverman
“I would have to say that I have to concentrate more when I'm doing comedy. There are so many details that make up any character, but developing a character for a dramatic role seems to come more naturally.” CharacterSeemsRolesComedyDetailsDevelopingDramatic Author:Kaitlyn
“I love all kinds of movies. I love a really good comedy and not the cheesy ones. My parents hate this, but I love horror films. Those are my favorite, and of course, dramatic roles. Im really drawn to those as well. All different genres.” WellsKindDifferentFilmHateCoursesParentRolesComedyHorrorMy FavoriteAll KindsGenreDramaticCheesyHorror FilmDifferent Genres Author:Liana Liberato
“My heroes are Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman. Those are the two actors that both do comedies and dramas, seamlessly. Also John C. Reilly and Philip Seymour Hoffman. They're all just great actors, neither comedic nor dramatic. They're just great actors.” TwoActorsComedyHeroDramaBillsDramaticMy HeroGreat ActorsComedicPhilip Author:Jonah Hill
“I worked on dramas before, I love sinking my teeth into something dramatic or a period piece, but there's something so fun about doing a comedy. When you go to set and your only job is to make people laugh, there's an unbelievable energy on set.” PeopleJobsEnergyFunLaughingComedyPiecesPeriodsDramaTeethDramaticUnbelievableMaking People LaughSinking Author:Skylar Astin
“I'd always wanted to be a dramatic. Comedy comes more naturally to me. I can do it with more facility. So I feel more comfortable with it.” FeelsI CanWantedCan DoComedyComfortableDramaticFacilityI Can Do It Author:Woody Allen
“since piety has become the fashion at Court, dramatic authors imagine that their pieces would be more welcome if they added in a little devotion. At first their plan succeeded, but now no one can bear their comedies.” IfsFirstsLittlesWould BeComedyPiecesImaginePlansFashionBearsTheaterCourtDevotionWelcomeDramaticImagine ThatPiety Author:Elisabeth Charlotte d'Orleans
“I'm really silly. That's the thing that people don't get. I think I'm a stronger comedic actress than I am a dramatic actress. I'm not really pigeonholed, but I'm known for drama. I do comedy so easily, and people relate to my humor. I'll be glad because I don't have to stay sexy and young forever. I don't care if I'm big, as long as I'm funny.” PeopleIfsThinkingLongBigsCareYoungKnownForeverComedyDramaStrongerDon't CareSexyActressesGladSillyRelateI Don't CareDramaticComedic Author:Taraji P. Henson
“I used to feel this need to prove to people that I can do something dramatic. But, the truth is that I don't know if I can. I don't think I have it in my skill set. It would be great, but I do love making comedies. It's been so much fun for me, and I hope that I can continue to do it.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsNeedsFeelsI CanWould BeUsedFunCan DoComedyTruth IsSkillsProveDramaticCan Do SomethingLove Making Author:Anna Faris
“A silly comedy needs a straight guy, and that guy needs to be as straight as possible. The moment you start playing straight you're not straight anymore, you're bent straight, so it really requires the usual serious, straight-forward analysis and research, looking into it and finding the dramatic function, all of what you do until you feel you've collected enough points to safely and securely play the part.” NeedsFeelsEnoughPlayMomentsGuyComedySeriousFindingsResearchFunctionSillyAnalysisDramaticUsualBentThat Guy Author:Christoph Waltz
“You learn so many different skills on the show «Merlin». You're constantly asked to do green-screen, horse riding, comedy scenes, dramatic scenes, everything. The ability and the skill to adapt under a tight schedule is one that I'll definitely take away.” DifferentShowsAbilityComedySceneSkillsHorseGreenScreensDramaticRidingShow MeSchedulesHorse Riding Author:Colin Morgan
“I love comedy. I suppose comedy is my first love, in a way. I did a lot of acting, funnily enough, unprofessionally, as a kid. From when I was 10 years old until I was about 19, I was always doing little sketches with my friends, and doing different accents and voices. Probably about 3/4 of those were comedic, in some way, and the other 1/4 was more serious stuff or more action or more dramatic little pieces that I would make. But, I tend to lean towards comedy.” WayYearsFirstsLittlesDifferentEnoughKidsActionStuffVoiceActingComedyPiecesSeriousMy FriendsDramaticAccentsFirst LoveComedic Author:Sharlto Copley
“I really wanted to do some serious work. I really wanted to be a part of dramatic films. I wanted to show this talent, whatever that means, that I could be a dramatic actress as well. But the truth is, a) I don't know if I can, and b) I love doing comedy, and I felt almost a little embarrassed that I succumbed to the pressure. Vanity is really what it is. I feel really grateful that I am in comedy, and I love doing it.” IfsKnowsFeelsWellsMeanLittlesI CanShowsWantedFilmFeltComedyTalentSeriousTruth IsPressureGratefulActressesVanityDramaticEmbarrassedSerious Work Author:Anna Faris
“Most of the time, my favorite drama has comedy in it as well. I think most good dramas have comedy in there. And all of the dramatic actors I look up to are also very funny.” ThinkingWellsLooksActorsComedyDramaMy FavoriteDramaticLook UpGood Drama Author:Adam Brody
“To me, Fight Club was a comedy. When [David] Fincher sent me the book and I read it, the first thing I asked him was, "This is a comedy, right?" he said, "Yeah, that's the whole point," and I said, "Okay, I'm in." I certainly wasn't imagining myself as a dramatic actor when I was running around in my underwear in that film.” FirstsSaidBookWholeRunningFilmFightingActorsComedyOkayYeahClubsDramaticUnderwear Author:Edward Norton
“I feel like I work on scripts for comedy as well as dramatic stuff the same.” FeelsWellsStuffComedyScriptsDramatic Author:Rachael Harris
“I try to look on the sunny side of life. If something dramatic happens to me, I always try to recount it as a comedy tale, rather than a victim's story.” IfsTryingLooksStoriesHappensSidesComedyVictimTalesDramaticSunnySunny Side Author:Suzanne Shaw
“There are people that have only seen me in dramatic stuff and they go, "Oh, I didn't know you could do comedy," and then there are comedy people that go, "Oh, I didn't know you could do drama." I want to try to do both.” PeopleKnowsWantTryingStuffComedyDramaDramatic Author:Colin Hanks
“[on making the transition from the comedy "Mary Tyler Moore" (1970) to its dramatic spin-off series "Lou Grant" (1977)] We were really worried about changing over from a three-camera, half-hour comedy to a one-camera, full-hour drama. The audience wasn't ready for the switch - even CBS billed us in their promos as a comedy. In fact, the whole thing was impossible. But we didn't know that.” KnowsWholeFactsThreeHoursHalfAudienceComedyImpossibleReadyDramaCamerasSeriesWorriedDramaticGrantsTransitionMaryHalf Hours Author:Ed Asner
“I don't have a favorite genre. I mean, I always sort of base it on instinct. And it does seem to be that after I finish something that is very dramatic, I end up inevitably wanting to do a comedy or something like that.” MeanDoeEndsSeemsComedyInstinctGenreDramatic Author:Carla Gugino
“If you ask me right now, you've seen the last of Mind of Mencia. I don't want to be a one-trick pony. I would rather walk away and do more movies, comedy and even some dramatic roles.” IfsWantMindLastsAsksWalksRolesComedyRight NowTricksAsk MeDramaticPoniesComedy Movie Author:Carlos Mencia