Christina Hendricks Quotes

I like funny things, but I don't find myself particularly funny.

I suppose I look for humor in most situations because it humanizes things; it makes a character much more three-dimensional if there's some kind of humor. Not necessarily laugh-out-loud type of stuff, just a sense that there is a humorous edge to things. I do like that.

They think I'm being serious when actually I'm a very big clown. But you have to know me to see that. I'm constantly cracking up and cracking everybody else around me up.

I have a lot of faith in the power of joking to make something thoughtful.

Sometimes I am so dry that people don't know I'm kidding and think I'm being serious. I enjoy this because their reactions are often funny.

Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud.

I'm too self-serious for a comedy.

Humor was how I got through everything in my life. I used to find a funny way to get out of situations. That's who I was. That's who I am!

Humor comes from self-confidence.

I don't think comedy is necessarily an attack. It's finding humour in life. I don't think if you're making a joke about something you're automatically demeaning it.

Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in solitude.

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.

Even on the most serious ballads, I'll throw in a tongue-in-cheek remark.

I've always found it easier to be funny than to be serious.

If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you're funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity.

I use humour a lot. My foundation is tragic, but my appearance is humorous.

I've always littered my songs with jokes. You might need to dig a little deeper to find the humor, but I would totally object to being some kind of distraught personality. I've never tried to attach myself to that.

If possible, be funny.

I don't think I'm funny.

By the way, I'm funniest when I'm not being funny. I'm better to laugh at than with, pretty much.

I don't just try to be funny.

I like humor: the sort of gentle humor that points out human foibles.

I appreciate humor so much, but I'm actually not a funny girl.

I'm shameless, and I love a pun. There's a lot of Beth puns.

I have a good sense of humor. I think everything we do should have whimsy in it.