Funny Quotes
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I don't steer towards anything. I steer towards character and truth. If it's funny then so be it. If it's dramatic, so be it. I just steer towards characters.
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I do not think that obsession is funny or that not being able to stop one's intensity is funny.
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I used to go in for Disney auditions, and they'd tell me, 'You're cute and nice but just not funny.'
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I'm just not very funny.
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Funny thing, as you become famous, people write less nice things about you.
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I always thought it was funny that my grandparents had bought a ticket to New York and ended up in Glasgow.
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People say funny things all the time during really serious moments in life.
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Your funny gets developed pretty early on. Comedy requires that you understand as much as possible about the viewpoints of all people and everything that's going on around you. It genuinely requires a true point of view, a real sense of your own view of things in the world.
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My wife is so funny and talented and never lets anybody fail next to her.
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What I hope to do in the States is to break up this stereotyping of Muslims and Arabs. I mean, we are basically the only sub-culture that is not represented in Hollywood. And it's funny because everybody is talking about the Muslim world and the Arab world, and we are not represented.
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I'm probably the guy who keeps it loose around the room and tries to joke around with guys before the game, keeping things funny.
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A lot of the tabloid stories are written so well, they're very clever and very funny. But you have to focus on what's really important and not read them - don't dive into it and don't get caught up in it.
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If you are in trouble anywhere in the world, an airplane can fly over and drop flowers, but a helicopter can land and save your life.
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I came from a classical background, and I was teaching and earning a living out of music at a certain level, so it's funny to make it as a rock star when we're 40 or whatever.
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I'm a sucker for gag reels and teaser trailers for new seasons. One of the great parts of panels, especially on a show like 'Supernatural,' which can be so dark, it's fun to get up there and laugh and remember we're only telling a story. Seeing Eric Kripke and Ben Edlund up there being so funny always makes me laugh.
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Laurence Olivier said in an interview once that when he plays a tragedy he always aims for the funny parts, and the other way around. Because in a comedy you look for what's serious. I think that's true. Sometimes things are really funny if you're absolutely earnest. If you're really serious, it's hilarious.
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I love to read books by women I look up to who are smart, funny, and interesting, like Tina Fey's 'Bossypants' and Mindy Kaling's 'Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?'
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I'm just an entertainer. All I want to be is funny. I never aspired to play Hamlet.
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I'm somebody who believes in funny things, and laughing, but I do like for them to come from a place that addresses the human condition.
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I just developed my act way back in the late '80s. I went to college in Georgia, so I picked up the Southern accent. I talked like that with my friends all the time, because it was fun. It was funny... All my friends were real Southern. We're buddies, so I'd say stuff to make them laugh. So that was pretty much it.
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I try to shy away from playing cranky people, but if it's just a funny next-door neighbor or business man, I'll say, 'Sure, why not?'
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I was funny around my family. My family, they're pretty funny, too.
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Many comedians have a dark side that lets them take a negative thing and turn it funny.
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It is possible in this world to be pretty and funny and successful all at the same time.
