Farhan Akhtar Quotes

Comedy is difficult for an actor. But I think I have a good sense of humor and manage to make people laugh and make them happy.

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

It's really challenging to play comedy.

Michael Bates was a very funny actor; he'd served in India, could speak Urdu, and had great comic timing.

I haven't had a lot of comedy come my way as a performer.

Now I want to work with Octavia Spencer, because I met her and she's really funny.

Comedians, we're just people who whine. But we happen to be funny when we whine.

In my own country, I play light comedies and funny parts.

I have no problem in doing comedy, as I am happily consolidating my image of a comic actor.

Comedy's easy for me now - it's all about timing and the way you deliver lines. I use facial expressions to get the point across.

I'm really silly. That's the thing that people don't get. I think I'm a stronger comedic actress than I am a dramatic actress. I'm not really pigeonholed, but I'm known for drama. I do comedy so easily, and people relate to my humor. I'll be glad because I don't have to stay sexy and young forever. I don't care if I'm big, as long as I'm funny.

He's a very funny and very nice man. When you read the script, you want to stick with it. But when you're with Eddie Murphy you've got to improvise. He's always making jokes and making me crack up when the camera's on.

I knew Steve Carell because of Little Miss Sunshine, so I felt very comfortable with him. Maybe he always does it to guest stars, but I felt as though he was being particularly funny with me, and particularly stretching the boundaries of improvisation. He's such a comic genius. I hate to use that word, because everyone throws it around, but Steve Carell is channeling something.

Thirty ways to shape up for summer. Number one: eat less. Number two: exercise more. Number three: what was I talking about again? I'm so hungry.

Adam Sandler is a really funny guy in real life. Separate from all of the movies, that is a funny man.

I don't get a chance to be funny on camera as often as I would like.

I am not funny. The writers were funny. My directors were funny. The situations were funny… What I am is brave. I have never been scared. Not when I did movies, certainly not when I was a model and not when I did I Love Lucy.

Not a time with him passed that I didn't say, "You should've been a comedian." [Vincent Price] was hilarious. He was just such a quick, funny wit. I don't think most people would think that about him, and it was really surprising to me. But man, the guy had a brilliant wit.

You just can't take yourself too seriously, especially in comedy. You shouldn't try to be funny, but you should try to be as honest as possible. The extreme end of honesty is usually what's funny. That's your job [as an actor]. You just have to let people see it.

The real trick for me as a director is to make sure that people don't start pushing because the harder you push as a perform the less funny it becomes.

The whole thing about working in front of the camera is to make people laugh when they're not supposed to.

Nick Offerman is my hero. He just cracks me up. He's so funny, but he's a true actor, too - he's bringing so much when he's onscreen.

There are many different ways of being funny. I'm not sure that there's so many different ways of being dramatic.

The moment I do any puppy dog acting, I think the joke is dead. It's in the truth of how I play it, and the real painful honesty that I approach my performance with.

As an actor, when you're doing comedies, you're around fantastic, funny people and you hopefully have a really good time doing it.