Rufus Sewell Quotes

It's always been a dream of mine to write comedy and be creative.

It takes up enough of my time and interest just working on comedy. I just enjoy it and love doing it.

For me, the way I stay consistent is through stand-up comedy.

Comedy is what I really want to do and propel.

I really loved what I was doing being creative and being funny as a stand-up comedian.

At university, I used to write silly little sketches and monologues, but never fiction.

I love making comedy. I never stopped loving it. I will continue to love it and I can't believe that I get to do it.

I'm becoming more and more confident and am falling more and more in love with the whole world of comedy, and I think that's something that I really want to explore a lot more.

I'm good at coming up with wacky characters and funny dialogue.

People may think I'm trying something new by telling stories, but they're just jokes connected to give the illusion of stories. But really, I just continue using my imagination and creating. That's what I do.

I've always been a fan of comedy. I've always enjoyed it. It's something I'm very passionate about; it's like lifeblood to me. I had to pursue it. I thought I had a little bit of talent, and if I could make a living at it, I would do it. It's worked out so far.

That's what comedy is like: You have to force yourself out in the world because you're always one experience away from new material.

Doing comedy was liberating in a way.

I don't have any writers. I never get a laugh with somebody else's jokes. I can't do it justice.

Comedy is my proper job. It's what I should be doing, and when I do other bits like my science series, I miss it.

We live in a fun time with so many ways to express yourself, you would be crazy to be a comedian and not check them all out.

I love writing stand-up so much and tinkering and looking for ideas.

I wasn't a class clown, I just found at an early age that I was able to make people laugh. So I mostly wrote funny stuff instead of writing what I was supposed to be writing.

I always loved comedy but I didn't start formally until I was in college.

Comedy is like math - you can check your answer because you know you've gotten it right if you get a laugh. It just makes sense to me. I feel like because I've had to keep that tool in my box for so long, I'm ready to show it off a bit.

I graduated from Second City Los Angeles. It helped me tremendously, not only in my roles in films but in helping shape me into a writer as well. In improv, you will fail sometimes, so it teaches you to be brave and try anything. The worst that can happen is nobody laughs.

When I was a kid, I used to make up all these characters. I love comedy a lot, and I don't get to do it often. Somewhere in the middle, I shifted into doing drama.

Those early days of comedy are when you get addicted to it.

I did sketch comedy for years. I've always enjoyed it.

By the time I got to the point where I was 'starring' in movies, and I had executives telling me what lines to say, that wasn't for me. I'm really not an actor. I'm a guy who comes out of comedy, and my impetus was always to rewrite the line to make it funnier, not to try to make somebody's precious words work.