Best Physical Comedy Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“I have to say I enjoy physical comedy and I've always loved to kind of take risks. I don't like worrying too much about how I look or how I come across, so that can sometimes... You know, I like to play those kinds of deluded but fun characters.”

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Author:Amy Poehler

“I get to do physical comedy! When do women get to do physical comedy? Very rarely.”

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Author:Michaela Watkins

“Acting by yourself is pretty darn hard, especially having to do physical comedy.”

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Author:Gillian Jacobs

“Carol Burnett probably had the biggest influence on me as kid. Although I was very young and watched her a lot in reruns, I was mesmerized by the way she transformed, by her physical comedy and the rolling laughter from the live studio audience. I loved her most as Scarlett O'Hara and her well known Cleaning Lady character.”

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Author:Christine Lakin

“I love Buster Keaton and I love physical comedy when it's done in an emotionally understated way. I just like to play it, and I need the attention.”

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Author:Demetri Martin

“I like doing the comedic episodes because it's refreshing. I enjoy doing comedic things and physical comedy. It's fun.”

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Author:Emily Deschanel

“I've got a lot of nervous energy and I trip a lot. I don't have a good equilibrium. In the places where the physical comedy was necessary, it came very naturally and it was fun.”

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Author:Kristen Bell

“I can do comedy but it's a certain type. I'm not a physical comedy guy. I'm not Will Ferrell - there's just this crazy and get naked and run through the thing screaming. That's just not my style; my style is drama or - I'm not slapstick.”

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Author:Mekhi Phifer

“I have a side of me that doesn't care. I really enjoy physical comedy, thinking of an idea and pitching it to the director.”

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Author:Isla Fisher

“The great thing about doing physical comedy for film is that if it doesn't work you're not exposed. It ends up on the editing room floor, so it gives you a lot more room to experiment I guess. But I really enjoy doing it. I'm very comfortable tapping into my inner idiot.”

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Author:Isla Fisher

“I love broad comedy. It has its place. If I were to do that, I'd love to do physical comedy.”

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Author:Rashida Jones

“I don't have a lot of physical comedy instincts. I'm more verbal.”

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Author:Reese Witherspoon

“I enjoy doing physical comedy.”

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Author:Scott Adsit

“So, you don't have laughs as a reference point any more, it becomes a bit of a science after that. And the last thing, you would love to be able to depend on a sense of spontaneity, but hours of waiting and then hours of repetition are not conducive to spontaneity so those are your obstacles. On the other hand it's a lot of fun. Plunging into a bit of physical comedy and abandoning all dignity, no one can really hurt you much after you much after that, once you've done it.”

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Author:Colin Firth

“I always like the physical comedy because I actually do a lot of it in my own life, but not on purpose. I am the klutziest person on the planet. It's easy for me.”

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Author:Paula Patton

“As a dancer, I was always the physical comedy girl. I love it so much.”

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Author:Anne Fletcher

“George Lopez has to get a physical comedy checkup every year to make sure his bulging eyes don't get out of control... Good news George... you are humor free! There's no sign of comedy anywhere in your blood stream.”

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Author:Andy Kindler

“I talked about everything, man. I've always written material that everyone can laugh at. I talked about growing up. I did a lot of physical comedy. That was my thing. I was a physical comedian. I did anything and everything from running on a treadmill, I can paint a picture on stage of anything.”

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Author:J. B. Smoove

“I loved Peter Sellers. I thought he was the perfect mix of physical comedy with out-of-the-box humor. I loved his tone; I loved his physicality; I loved everything about what he was doing as a comedic actor.”

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Author:J. B. Smoove

“When you're doing physical comedy, everybody's involved, not just the actors. Everybody's behind the scenes following them, and we've got Jillian the cinematographer running after them, then we've got three guys behind her who are cable-wranglers running with her so she doesn't trip on it. Every day was a mad-dash to the finish line. Every day was so stressful. Every day was so fun.”

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Author:J. Robert Spencer

“The nude thing, I don't know. It's sillier somehow. It's more like physical comedy. But kissing someone, it feels invasive to have everybody watching me.”

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Author:Ilana Glazer

“By watching the great, old comedians I picked up a few tricks about how to do physical comedy. And whenever I could learn something, I sort of added that to my repertoire.”

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Author:John Cleese

“I wrote three years for Lucille Ball. She taught me everything I know about physical comedy...”

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Author:Garry Marshall

“I love physical comedy. Comedy that comes from an emotional place is amazing too and lets me develop in a new way as an actor.”

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Author:Eden Sher

“Mel [Gibson] could stage physical comedy and put the camera in such a way... I mean, we did some really funny stuff, and he had some great ideas about how to do it. It was a delight to work with him in that regard.”

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Author:Keith Carradine

“I'm looking for laughs, you know? If it take me to flip over a table, if I have to go physical comedy, I will do it. But whatever the joke needs at that particular time, is where I'm dedicated to. I'm not into beating somebody down and beating myself up. I don't do insults and things like that. I don't do it - I'm a storyteller.”

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Author:Bernie Mac

“The key is just to ignore the pain, because physical comedy only works if you see someone get hurt and they aren't actually hurt. If someone gets hit in the face with a bat, falls down, and gets back up, it's funny. If they stay down and their jaw is wired shut in the next scene, it's really tragic and weird. You have to pretend it doesn't hurt.”

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Author:Chris Pratt

“I never was shy, but as far as telling jokes, I'm the worst. I like physical comedy; it's where I feel comfortable.”

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Author:Malin Akerman

“It's a great counter to doing the soap because it's a comedy. It's real physical comedy.”

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Author:Corbin Bernsen

“Jackass: The Movie is great. I think it's in the tradition of physical comedy, which I'm really interested in. Its relationship to gravity, and how gravity acts on the body”

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Author:Matthew Barney

“I think physical comedy is an amazing asset because it tells a story that's more universal than just language and dialogue. I grew up watching Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. They're very powerful figures in my life.”

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Author:Josh Gad

“I love physical comedy. I love Oscar Wilde, I love Shakespeare comedies, I love improv.”

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Author:Elizabeth Banks

“Physical comedy is my favorite thing in the world to do.”

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Author:Jason Biggs

“I like physical comedy. And I like the old comedies.”

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Author:Patrick Dempsey

“My idol growing up was Charlie Chaplin. I was obsessed with him. I mean, while other kids were watching Jim Carrey and the likes in the '90s, I was watching Charlie Chaplin films, because I was a bit of a geek. I became obsessed with this idea of physical comedy.”

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Author:Josh Gad