Peter Mullan Quotes
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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.
Paget Brewster -
I would like to play an average guy. I would have loved to play opposite John Candy in a movie. That was my dream for a long time, and sadly, now I can never realize that. But I'd like to do comedy.
Warwick Davis -
I am trying to do comedy on every single medium. I consider myself a public servant.
T. J. Miller -
I like the idea of the comedy of resilience.
Oscar Isaac -
I like to do comedy. It's my real passion. I want to make people laugh.
Gad Elmaleh -
Well, I loved variety in television, I loved sketch comedy. At 'Saturday Night Live,' I stayed almost seven years.
Dana Carvey
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I still want to do a romantic comedy or a western or a gritty independent film... there's so much that I still want to do.
Laura Vandervoort -
If you're looking to be loved for a part, it's great and enticing to be adorable in a romantic comedy. But then, as an actor, you get stuck.
Laura Dern -
Outside of 'Justified,' I do like to keep it to comedy. When I'm not there, I try to seek out stuff that sort of more along the lighter fare. I have more fun on those sets than I do on drama sets just because when it's heavy, it's heavy, and it's hard to get away from it.
Natalie Zea -
My comedy doesn't come from any calculations and studies.
Jackie Mason -
I'd love to do a comedy; that's the one thing I haven't done yet that I really, really want to do.
Zoe Kravitz -
I wanted to be less well-known in comedy.
Eddie Izzard
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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.
Natasha Leggero -
As far as what makes a viral video, then it's gotta be something that you've either never seen before, a fresh piece of comedy, or something that relates to something topical.
Adam McKay -
There is not adequate whistleblower protection.
Valerie Plame -
I didn't want to do comedy again. It is way harder when you are doing comedy. You can't just concentrate on the character and the plot. In comedy, the writers, instead of obsessing about character and plot, obsess about the jokes.
Patricia Richardson -
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.
Tamsin Greig -
Obama was elected on a slogan of hope and change because both were in short supply: the military exhausted by two wars, the banks failing their public trust, the U.S. Congress a comedy of dysfunction, and a federal government that seemed designed to idle on the sidelines.
Nancy Gibbs
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I love Winston Churchill; I think he had the grace of coming and the grace of leaving - when things were hard he was there, and when it was time to leave, he left.
Lapo Elkann -
To live your life well, and have respect for what came before or after - there's a strong respect for that in African culture.
Anna Deavere Smith -
I don't think people understand when you say you are making a micro-budget film that you are getting paid no money.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead -
You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.
Rita Mae Brown -
Let's learn from the wisdom of every mother and father who teaches their daughters there is no limit on how big she can dream and how much she can achieve.
Hillary Clinton -
When things are really painful, I turn it into comedy.
Peter Mullan