Mark Gatiss Quotes

I was sort of the class-clown type, and I was also in school plays, and I always liked comedy.

From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.

My husband and I are both actors; we're obviously dramatic.

I grew up wanting to entertain.

When I do theatre in New York, I typically only get cast in comedy.

I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater, and I was always acting growing up, but really, I was just more interested in the comedy of it all.

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

I'm no way one of those comedians who want to do drama. I really do love comedies. I hope to go back to it.

Class clowns become actors.

I played comedies and dramas.

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.

My drama instructor suggested I try comedy. I was resistant at first because I considered myself a serious actor, but of course I fell in love with it.

If I weren't performing, there is a real chance that I would be a 'One Man, Two Guvnors' groupie. I think that production is masterful in every way.

I wanted to be in show business, and I was funny.

I love acting and I have a lot of fun.

I did some plays in high school which I had a good time doing.

I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater, and I was always acting growing up and stuff, but really, I was just more interested in the comedy of it all. So for me, it's always comedy, and then acting is just one medium of comedy.

I think it's always funny when you see kids do Shakespeare.

It's fun once in a while to do a serious part but I really enjoy doing comedy because I love to laugh.

I was always the guy who made jokes and ribbed people at parties. After I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts I got sidetracked into clubs and started doing comedy.

I like making people laugh, so drama was never a big leap for me.

I've always loved doing comedy.

I love doing drama as much as I love doing comedy.

I think comedy's harder to pull off on the screen than on the stage, anyway. Tragedy is easier on the screen... oddly enough.

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