Kevin Kline Quotes
I like variety, which is frustrating. But I've always been picky. I was afraid Pirates would be too much like Twentieth Century, broad comedy. But my agent talked me into it. I was spoiled by the range of a repertory theater.Kevin Kline
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I am especially fascinated with mermaids, and they are always coming out in pirate stories.
Yasmine Al Masri -
I can do a little bit of comedy. I can be in an in-between place, where I can do a little bit.
Tamsin Greig -
It's a lot of work and I also feel like I've done it. I miss comedy. And I also think that, from purely a logistical standpoint, that the day-to-day schedule on a comedy allows you to have a life, much more of a life, than on a drama.
Adam Arkin -
I actually love doing comedy!
Felicity Jones -
I am trying to do comedy on every single medium. I consider myself a public servant.
T. J. Miller -
I'd previously done 'Expelled,' and that was more on the comedy side, so I really wanted to challenge myself and see if I could actually do a drama.
Cameron Dallas
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I like the idea of the comedy of resilience.
Oscar Isaac -
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 doing sitcoms. I love doing comedy. I love the whole shooting match.
Rachael Harris -
Comedy's really subjective, you know.
Karl Pilkington -
I had envisioned doing comedy since childhood. For sure.
Ed Helms -
Comedy requires a lot of energy.
Gael Garcia Bernal
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I used to do a lot of comedy. I don't know what happened. I think it's my face.
Eddie Marsan -
I've been spoiled rotten with the costumes I've worn.
Natalie Dormer -
My comedy doesn't come from any calculations and studies.
Jackie Mason -
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.
T. J. Miller -
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.
Hari Kondabolu -
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
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Endings of television shows are sometimes such depressing things. I think shows that have more of a narrative and are about what's going to happen next, those need to wrap up as a complete story. But it's weird when a goofy comedy show needs to end, and we knew it was going to be the end, and sometimes it's just better if a comedy show ends and goes away and they never had a series finale.
Scott Aukerman -
To be honest with you, the dramatic side is more fun to play because I don't get to do it as often as I get to do the comedy stuff. Most of my work in this business has been comedy, and that's sort of the way the cookie crumbles. I had not sought out to just be a comedic actor, but I think that's my default because I come from a funny family.
Erica Ash -
I was always a real athletic kid. Then when I got older, I just figured it was part of life to keep training.
Idris Elba -
Lately, the only thing keeping me from being a serial killer is my distaste for manual labor.
Scott Adams -
Quite understandably, people think that if there's a six-year gap or whatever, that it's taken me six years to make the album. It's not really like that at all.
Kate Bush -
I like variety, which is frustrating. But I've always been picky. I was afraid Pirates would be too much like Twentieth Century, broad comedy. But my agent talked me into it. I was spoiled by the range of a repertory theater.
Kevin Kline