Thomas Middleditch (Thomas Steven Middleditch) Quotes
T.J. Miller and Kumail Nanjiani I met when I was in Chicago, learning how to do comedy.Thomas Middleditch
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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 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.
Naturi Naughton 3LW -
I love edgy comedy. 'Coming to America' still gets me and 'Friday.' I watch old Richard Pryor stand-up on VHS, too.
Tamron Hall -
There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation of show business, and especially situation comedy.
Sally Field -
We have dealt with the Arab/Muslim problem in the American media in every single way but through comedy. Hollywood has always been lagging behind comedy... We can make fun of ourselves, too, and I'm inviting us to laugh with us - and all the misconceptions.
Bassem Youssef -
I probably prefer comedy. Why? I'm not sure. I feel like the energy of a comedy is a better fit for me. I try to be a happy guy! It seems that most of my life has the energy more for a comedy than for drama. I'm grateful to do both, but I would have to lean towards the comedy side of acting.
Cameron Mathison
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You know, I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor.
Hank Azaria -
Unless it's a flat-out farce, an actor can't play comedy on film.
Frances McDormand -
I think we're the only jokeless show on television. I mean really, we have no setups and no punch lines. It's not a joke show. There are funny lines and funny moments but again the comedy is born of the human experience and awkward pauses are a great part of what it is to be human.
Rainn Wilson -
I didn't get into comedy to talk about violent death all the time.
Larry Wilmore -
Comedy is my passion. I'm going to do this until I drop.
Gabriel Iglesias -
Real comedy doesn't just make people laugh and think, but makes them laugh and change.
Sam Kinison
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It's always been a dream of mine to be in a Woody Allen comedy.
Jennifer Carpenter -
I feel like there is something about having a copacetic world POV that helps in making a comedy. Like, David Wain has such a particular way of looking at the world. It helps when everyone can see behind his eyes, you know?
Kathryn Hahn -
It's funny, I can sit through the worst horror film ever made but even a quite good romantic comedy can drive me nuts.
Jason Reitman -
I think it helped that 'Fleabag' had such a dramatic arc to it, even though it was disguised as a comedy.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge -
There's a great deal of echoing going on in 'Old School.' Mr. Piven, who played the upstart outsider in the 1994 campus comedy 'PCU,' has crossed over into playing the stiff martinet.
Elvis Mitchell -
Comedy is only as stupid as you are smart.
Brian Celio
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Comedy is the most difficult thing to do. Easily the most difficult.
Christopher Lee -
I would say I've actually done a lot more comedy than I've done drama. It's weird the way that worked out, because when I came out of theater school I took myself way too seriously, so it's kind of ironic that I ended up sort of going down the comedy path.
James Roday -
I've gotten very cynical and kind of anhedonic about all the things I have to do to get to do comedy: all the travel, hotels, and airports.
Patton Oswalt -
It's a pragmatist's business, comedy. Start off with good intentions and references to the Pompidou Centre and you end up with boiled sweets and a pantomime cow.
Mel Smith -
I know, I know, I know. So I flipped out!
Kelly Clarkson -
T.J. Miller and Kumail Nanjiani I met when I was in Chicago, learning how to do comedy.
Thomas Middleditch