Milos Forman Quotes

I'm a comedian first. I've learned how to act. I just draw on life experiences and that's how I've learned. I didn't take classes or anything. I don't need no classroom.

I've played comedy before but not that much. I mostly do get drawn to darker material.

Acting is like free therapy! Trying to make people laugh or cry can be inspiring.

I was heavily influenced by Andy Kaufman and Steven Wright.

As a kid, I always wanted to be Carol Burnett or Johnny Carson. I love to chat and entertain.

Um, I'm just naturally super-funny. No, not really. I've never been in The Groundlings or anything.

When I talk to Steve Martin, he's joyful when he talks about comedy.

I've always been a fan of Andy Kaufman.

I adore doing comedy, I think it's fantastic. I never saw myself doing exclusively comedy.

To tell you the truth, I always wanted to be a sketch comedian and a comedy actor.

Most things I get hired on, I get hired because I improvise something funny, or they just think I look weird.

I've been performing my whole life.

I do want to make powerful works of art with people, but I also just want to have fun. I've never done a romantic comedy - I'm sure it would be a blast.

I've done comedy most of my career, which I love, but I wanted to expand.

I want to entertain people, whether it be with a comedy, a drama or a movie. An idea's an idea.

Dick Van Dyke spent most of his time setting everybody else up.

I love comedy. Playing the underdog, and getting the laughs is my form of entertainment. I could think of nothing different that I would want to be doing at this time in my life.

Being a rapper is about being cool, but being a comedian, you're not supposed to be the coolest guy.

When I played Imunique on 'Love That Girl,' that was on the other side of comedy - loud and out there.

I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of being on stage. That was the only thing that interested me, along with learning the craft and working, and just being in productions with people.

The one thing that has helped sustain my career as an actress and a comedian is that people generally view me as fundamentally stupid.

Theater is about life, not about television or movies.

I'm more of a sketch guy than a standup.

A good comedian has to be a fine actor all around.

I love and enjoy vocal performance, but I also have a huge passion for comedy and improv.