Marisa Tomei Quotes
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You know, if you look all my stuff... If you go back to 'Saturday Night Live,' my stuff always has music, even a bunch of my comedy stuff - like in 'Shrek,' the donkey is always singing. Music is always there.
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I know so many people who are so much better at it than I am, and I think I'm a goofier person rather than a serious, dramatic actress, so I probably belong in comedy.
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I much prefer doing comedy. I get a little paranoid when the audience is not laughing.
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The physical part of comedy is as hard as a lot of action movies. It scares me, but in a way that I like.
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It's the comedy that guides me. The acting and all that stuff comes second. It's equally important, but I just try to do that as best as I can.
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'The Bill Engvall Show' is a comedy about a middle-class family in the Midwest. It's a great family show to watch if you want to laugh and unwind.
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I used to do a lot of comedy. I don't know what happened. I think it's my face.
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There's an audience out there for all these different types of things. Whether it's comedy, motion-picture drama, family movie or a cool, cutting-edge indie, it's nice to know that I can span all those different genres.
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I'll tell you one thing... no doubt about it, my favorite kind of comedy is talking head comedy. I mean, if it were up to me, I'd do a whole entire movie that was just around a dinner table.
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No matter how much wealth anybody has, family problems are about the same across the board.
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I think if you're trying to be funny, sometimes you're bending a piece of metal in a direction it doesn't want to go. And sometimes comedy just needs to find itself.
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Hollywood constantly wants to label you and type you into a certain category, 'Oh he's a comedy guy,' or the weirdo character guy or the villain.
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'Community' is a comedy show, and one of the characters happens to be a Christian. I do think they have been very careful to make sure everyone is the butt of the joke for various reasons.
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For me comedy and violence has a lot in common. Just as you expect, comedy always lurks behind the most unexpected of circumstances.
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I didn't get into comedy to talk about violent death all the time.
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I don't really know how to act that much. I'm quite good at comedy, but it's mostly acting naturally.
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When we developed the 'Seinfeld' show, we took a bet on Jerry Seinfeld, who was not a household name. But Jerry had a voice. He was appearing on 'Late Night', on 'The Tonight Show', had some commercials out there, his voice of observational comedy, looking at the world around him, that voice was really starting to come into its own.
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Comedy in America is very serious. Either they laugh, or they don't.
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If you want to reach any kind of poignancy or meaning a lot of times, coming from comedy is the best way to get there.
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I haven't done a lot of studio movies, but studio movies and independent films are always just as fun as each other.
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If you only buy one kitchen gadget at uni, make it a NutriBullet.They're relatively small and inexpensive, and they make it so incredibly easy to get all of your portions of fruit and vegetables every day.
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I fight to drive my percentages through the roof for winning and lower my percentage by taking the least amount of damage and least amount of hits.
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The quest of Truth involves tapas-self-suffering-sometimes even unto death.
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Comedy is what I really want to do and propel.
