Xenocrates Quotes
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I much prefer doing comedy. I get a little paranoid when the audience is not laughing.
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I actually love doing comedy!
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I don't just want to be a cute girl in a comedy or the actress who just does the same thing over and over again. I want to play roles that are distinct. I want to have a more varied career like actresses Viola Davis or Angela Bassett - those are the people that I grew up watching and admiring.
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Well, I loved variety in television, I loved sketch comedy. At 'Saturday Night Live,' I stayed almost seven years.
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I love doing sitcoms. I love doing comedy. I love the whole shooting match.
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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'm a student of comedy in general, so I've always loved Billy Crystal. But I'm a different type of showman. I'm a clown and a jester.
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The words we use have weight. Whether it's in a conversation with a friend or something said publicly on stage or broadcast. And as performers, we know that because that's why we choose the words we use - that's the whole point of comedy.
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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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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 mean, comedy's hard. If you go back and look at the first season of 'Seinfeld,' it's a work in progress and that's what happens. It just takes time for people to figure each other out, and figure out timing, and to develop creatively with the writers.
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Female hysteria is a subject I'm very fond of. I always try to bring it in somewhere. For me, it is the finest part of the line between comedy and tragedy.
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'Last Man Standing' is overall a lot of comedy. And I love doing that.
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Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.
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Gangster movies are the inheritor of the Greek tragedy: it's the only genre where the audience will be disappointed if there's not a tragic ending.
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Unless it's a flat-out farce, an actor can't play comedy on film.
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I trust people too much, and the other tragedy is I can't say no.
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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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Other than my memory being a bit woolly and my knees being a bit creaky, I don't really think there's anything I can't do.
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I think a show is more of an interacting with fans than you just singing songs.
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The government would be making decisions about what type of care is given, what procedures can be performed, and the kind of medications prescribed. It would be a very profound change from the ideal to which we aspire.
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I'm not allowed to see R-rated movies, but I did see 'Kick-Ass' because I'm in it. I'm not going to skip out on my own premiere!
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Tragedy when ridiculed by comedy does not condescend a reply.
