Craig Robinson Quotes

Theatre is the principal job of an actor. An actor's job is to tell a story to someone in a room. TV and film can be great and I really love doing it, but it is a different way of telling a story.

Sometimes I'm doing a big movie, or sometimes I'm doing a TV show, but as an actor, it's almost the same thing for me. If I'm doing action, or comedy, or something more heartfelt, it's a different approach, but it's all acting for me.

To be honest, I am somebody that, as long as I have a character, it doesn't really matter if it's comedy or drama - I think timing is important in either. But for me, it's all about having a character to work on.

To be perfectly honest, drama is a lot simpler than comedy.

There's a certain rhythm to comedy that is almost like you're dancing and you just go on autopilot, so to speak. There's something just beautifully enjoyable about comedy in that respect. It's a joy to be able to do that. Drama, you get to go to depths that you haven't gone to before.

Acting, it's hit or miss. Make them laugh, make them cry; hopefully they have a little entertainment.

Drama is easy. Comedy's hard.

I thought that I was going to be a stand-up comedian or an actress. Turns out, I can't act my way out of a paper bag and stand-up comedy is a lot harder than it appears.

On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth, because when it's true is when it's also funny.

A good part's a good part. You can play serious and funny moments with a well-written role.

When you are doing stand-up comedy, you are the writer, producer, director, sometimes bouncer.

Some actors try to play parts and do things they can't do. Being funny is one of them. Being funny's hard.

It's an acting job - acting natural.

Acting takes so much energy.

When I read a script, I have to see the funny, and if I can see it's funny, it helps me to be able to transmit that.

I'm really good at standup. I always win at standup.

And you can't hide in a comedy scene either. You have to give in to the scene and commit.

Comedy and drama are both challenging to me.

If you can sell that you're the King of Scotland, or Henry V on a tiny stage in a studio theater somewhere, then you can probably sell that you're a starship captain or a time traveler.

I like drama. I love being in a drama where I get to be the funny guy. That's what I really love the most.

I'm an actor. I try to play a character in a really cool story, the very best I can.

Acting is doing, because everything you say or do is some kind of an action, some kind of a verb. You're always connected to the other person through some kind of action.

If I'm not clear with the character, I can't do anything with it. But once I get that character, the possibilities are endless. When you have such a defined character, I feel like I can actually read the phone book and make it funny.

I love playing different characters and I love doing fun things and I love to entertain people, whether that be in a comedy or a drama. If I get you to laugh or I get you to cry I'm super stoked, as morbid as that might sound.

Beyond any role that I ever had, really early on as a stand-up, I would see actors decide to try it and they would bomb miserably. What I realized was that stand-up, acting and writing are all their own disciplines.