Jessie Matthews Quotes
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I started getting really interested in comedy when I was in middle school.
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I can do a little bit of comedy. I can be in an in-between place, where I can do a little bit.
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I much prefer doing comedy. I get a little paranoid when the audience is not laughing.
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First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.
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As an actor, I'm my own worst critic, but after awhile, really, when you watch 'Moonrise Kingdom', it's such a fantastic film that you sort of get sucked into the story, and then you kind of forget about everything else.
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I love edgy comedy. 'Coming to America' still gets me and 'Friday.' I watch old Richard Pryor stand-up on VHS, too.
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Comedy's really subjective, you know.
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I had envisioned doing comedy since childhood. For sure.
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Comedy requires a lot of energy.
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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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My comedy doesn't come from any calculations and studies.
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I'd love to do a comedy; that's the one thing I haven't done yet that I really, really want to do.
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I wanted to be less well-known in comedy.
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Comedy was why I got into acting the first place. Peter Sellers was a huge influence on my wanting to act. I grew up with him and found him hysterical. The Pink Panther films were an inspiration, from my earliest childhood days, when I was watching them with my brother and my dad.
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There are some die-hard 'Chelsea Lately' fans, and that's where the majority of my fans come from. Chelsea is really helping make comedy audiences hipper and edgier.
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God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny.
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'Last Man Standing' is overall a lot of comedy. And I love doing that.
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I've always just been attracted to comedy.
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I don't really know what the prerequisites are for Bollywood, but I do believe I can be successful in anything I choose to do.
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I think it's always difficult to reconcile the needs of art and business.
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Johnny once described our relationship by saying we were as close as two people could be without being married.
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Commitment and creativity cannot be captured and handcuffed. Inspiration cannot be jailed. The heart cannot be contained.
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There are some amazingly good wines for five dollars a bottle.
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I had a flair for comedy and could give a sustained performance.
