“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 don't understand why people think it's harder to do drama than it is to do comedy.” PeopleThinkingComedyDramaHarder Author:Leslie Mann
“Comedy is harder than drama, because with comedy you're expecting a result..you make them laugh. [If] they ain't laughing then you're screwed.” IfsResultsLaughingComedyDramaHarderExpecting Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“comedy ... is much harder to do than drama. It's not true that laugh and the world laughs with you. It's very hard to make a group of people laugh at the same thing; much easier to make them cry at the same thing. ... That's why great comic acting is probably the greatest acting there is.” PeopleWorldHardActorsActingLaughingComedyGroupsCryEasierDramaHarderComic Author:Glenda Jackson
“Sitcoms are incredibly limiting. When you do a sitcom and it becomes a signature part for you, it's harder to do something else; but if you do a drama, you can get lost in it and have a role to do other things.” IfsLostRolesDramaHarderSitcomSignatures Author:Aunjanue Ellis
“There are two types of actors. There's the actors who can acknowledge that they could never do standup comedy. Then there's the pretentious ones, who believe that acting is harder than standup comedy. I definitely don't think it is. I also think making a comedy is substantially harder than making a drama.” ThinkingBelieveTwoActorsActingComedyTypeDramaHarderAcknowledgePretentious Author:Jim Jefferies
“It's the same kind of preparation you do for something like this you do for anything. It doesn't matter if it's a drama or a comedy, the need to get the emotion and the character arc across is way harder in something like this so was more of a preparation.” IfsWayNeedsKindMatterCharacterEmotionComedyDramaHarderPreparationArcs Author:Jessica Biel
“It doesn't matter if it's a drama or a comedy, the need to get the emotion and the character arc across is way harder in something like this so was more of a preparation.” IfsWayNeedsMatterCharacterEmotionComedyDramaHarderPreparationArcs Author:Colin Farrell
“It's usually very, very hard for me to pick up a script that was written and try and see myself as a part of that, especially when you're used to performing all your own material. It's OK with drama, I like being handed great material but I think with comedy it's far more personal and probably a lot harder for me to find a fit.” ThinkingTryingHardUsedComedyWrittenMaterialsFitDramaPicksHarderScriptsPerforming Author:Eric Bana
“Comedy is hard to do, and I don't know why it doesn't have its own category in awards. I don't understand why people think it's harder to do drama than it is to do comedy. It doesn't get respect. It's hard. It's really hard. It would be more gratifying to get something for a comedy, because it doesn't happen much or at all.” PeopleThinkingKnowsHardHappensWould BeComedyDramaHarderAwardsCategories Author:Leslie Mann
“Honestly, one-hour drama is the hardest format there is. I think it's harder than movies, and it's harder than half-hour comedy.” ThinkingHoursHalfComedyDramaHarderHonestlyHardestFormatHalf HoursOne Hour Author:Alexis Denisof
“When 'Malcolm in the Middle' was over, I was looking for a drama more than a comedy...but if it was a comedy that came up, it would have to be as well-written as 'Malcolm' was, and it would have to be a different kind of character than I played on that show. That's harder to come by. In drama, there were more opportunities, more options for me, and when I read ('Breaking Bad'), it was just, 'Good night, Nurse! I'm going after this sucker!'” IfsWellsKindDifferentCharacterShowsNightOpportunityComedyWrittenMiddleDramaHarderNurseDifferent KindsSuckerGood NightWell Written Author:Bryan Cranston
“Comedy is probably a lot harder for me. Maybe it's because I've been doing drama for so long or maybe it's because... you don't want to search for a laugh; you can't try to be funny, you just have to naturally be funny or be in a situation that's funny.” WantTryingLongSituationLaughingComedyDramaHarder Author:Nina Dobrev
“All jokes aside, it's a very difficult job playing the straight man. Jason is potentially the most brilliant straight man that ever was because he's also really funny while doing it, which is even harder. I've always seen myself playing characters who are flawed. We use comedy in our lives to obscure the drama.” MenCharacterUseJobsDifficultComedyOur LivesDramaJokesHarderBrilliantObscureFlawedJason Author:Will Arnett
“Comedy scares me a lot. I feel like it's way harder than drama. I think my safety net is definitely drama and I would love to kind of be able to be able to push into the comedy world and do something kind of like a Christopher Guest kind of style show. That, to me, is my kind of comedy. Like, Ricky Gervais comedy. That's my kind of thing.” ThinkingWorldWayFeelsKindShowsAbleComedyStyleDramaHarderSafetyScareGuestsSafety Net Author:Tatiana Maslany
“Drama is hard for me. Crying is much harder for me than laughter.” HardCryDramaLaughterHarder Author:Emma Stone
“Gaining people's trust might be harder than gaining all creation. But, what is harder than gaining people's trust is having to abandon them.” PeopleMightCreationDramaHarderAbandon Author:Queen Seondeok of Silla
“I just want to do musicals. it's hard enough just to do musicals. No matter how hard I try, I think it's only getting harder. Even If I try harder, there are problems that I just can't deal with. I don't know why it's become like this.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantTryingMatterHardEnoughProblemDealsDramaHarder Author:Cheon Eunbi
“I actually find it harder to act in the scenes where there's not much happening, say having a milkshake in the diner. That is far harder to do than straight scenes where there's a drama going on and you have something to do” DramaSceneHappeningsHarderDinersMilkshakes Author:Chris Hemsworth
“It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is.” WritingHardEnoughLife IsComedyDramaHarderHardestHard LifeGood Drama Author:Jack Lemmon
“Comedy is so hard; it's so much harder than drama. The pacing of it, the energy of it.” HardEnergyComedyDramaHarderPacing Author:Josh Lucas
“Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comedy is much harder.” ActingEmotionComedyEasierDramaHarderCaught Author:Patrick Dempsey
“I've done a lot of serious roles, but they're, like, independent, so it's harder for them to come out. The big ones have been comedies, but I would love to get a big drama to let people see the other side of me, that I am a serious actress.” PeopleHas BeensDoneBigsSidesRolesComedySeriousDramaHarderIndependentActresses Author:Tara Reid