Chris O'Dowd Quotes

I don't know if I necessarily fit in the action-thriller genre, but I'd love to do something where I could actually kick some butt and then tell a few jokes. That would be awesome! That would be my dream job.

I think the physical comedy in action sequences is fantastic. Like, '21 Jump Street' did a great job with that.

I would love to do something like Austin Powers to show off my comic timing.

I mean, I love action films, you know, good action films.

One of my favorite films is 'Dumb and Dumber.' I'd love to do some really silly comedy someday.

Chris Farley, I was a huge fan of his growing up. I would love to do something kind of slapstick and funny, maybe where I could change my look even a little bit.

I'd love to do an action movie. Something with lots of stunts. Anything fast and dangerous and involving guns.

I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.

I was raised with 'Laurel and Hardy' and 'I Love Lucy' and Jerry Lewis, and I just loved it. And I had a friend in high school and we would just laugh all day and put on skits. You know, it's the Andy Kaufman thing or the Marty Short thing where you're performing in your bedroom for yourself.

One thing I am really dying to do, while I'm still young and in shape, is an action movie. I would love to do a Lara Croft type of thing that's really physical and tough. I want to have a gun and do martial arts. I would love to get paid to get into the best shape of my life.

I was made for action movies.

I would love to try action films.

I love action, so I would really love to get into doing more action movies.

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've always wanted to do action stuff. I like it. You really want something that's special; that's got something special about it and not cheesy, I guess. I'll tell you something, it's fun, it's different. Comedy is difficult. Doing comedy is very difficult. Action stuff is fun.

Look at every action movie in Hollywood. Every leading man from Spider-Man to Batman to James Bond, 'Bourne Identity', every one of them possesses martial arts skills.

I'd love to do 'The Expendables.' It's just a kick in the pants.

I'm very physical. I'm extremely active, and I would love to do something a little more sexy and dangerous, a la Sophia Loren, or funny and humorous, a la Woody Allen. Getting to do things along those lines would be extremely wicked and a dream come true.

They're called 'action scenes' because they do the acting for you. You don't have to act in action scenes. The action does it all for you. It's great.

Jason Lee made me laugh all the time because he's so big, and I love how goofy bodies can be.

'Naked Gun 33 1/3' I think made me laugh more than anything ever made.

I do love comedy, I have to say. That's one of the greatest things about being an actor: You get to try new things and play around in different genres.

If an actor is going to be an action hero, do it in a Robert Rodriguez movie, because that guy is going to make you look like a million bucks.

I don't consider roles like in 'Die Hard' what I do. This is like a hobby. It's fun. I had a good time. And I love being in a movie that people actually go see. But it's about things getting blown up. It's not about great character development.

The funny thing is, I've never really hurt myself in an action movie. I've done 'Wanted,' 'X-Men,' 'Welcome To The Punch,' even 'Trance' to a certain extent has little bits of action and stuff, but I've never really hurt myself at all - not even like a sprained ankle.