Bill Hader Quotes

I come from standup and improv.

Some actors try to play parts and do things they can't do. Being funny is one of them. Being funny's hard.

I sort of consider myself a comedic actress, not a comedienne. I think it's different. You know, I'm not a stand-up or anything, but playing into comedic situations is sort of where, I think, my strength lies.

When I was at Upright Citizens Brigade, I would pretend to be a sad, drunk rapper.

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.

Improv is mostly what I've studied.

Um, I'm just naturally super-funny. No, not really. I've never been in The Groundlings or anything.

I did comedies for 10 years and I learned a great deal.

Every movie I do, or when I'm on the sketch comedy show, I don't really get into it until I have an outfit or something funny with my head or face or something.

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've done a lot of drama in my career, but I'm actually more comfortable doing comedy.

I don't consider myself a comedian, but you work with some comedians, and sometimes these guys are incredible on their feet - it's just amazing - and that's not what I do. But it's always fun, and I don't really care as long as the character is interesting.

I feel passionately that we need more space on TV for sketch shows for character actors to experiment.

Comedy is far more difficult, as it involves improvisation and impromptu acting, and as an actor, that came as a welcome break for me.

The best of Johnny Lever's films are 'Baazigar,' 'Kareeb' and 'Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega.' I just love his work in 'Baazigar,' where he plays a servant and tries to hammer a nail on a wall and is unsuccessful.

The public knows me through my life, which is not comical. But I feel very at home in comedy.

A good comedian has to be a fine actor all around.

I've always been an actor, even when I was doing improv and my own version of stand up.

I've been doing a lot of drama, but I feel like comedy is my strength.

I'm not an improv guy.

I would totally, if Alan Cumming is tired of doing Cabaret, I'd be like, 'I'll do it tonight.' I would have such a good time doing that.

An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer.

I love being on stage if I'm not on a set. If I'm at home, I'm usually in my office editing or reconstructing my website or whatever it may be. I just love putting creativity into a performance, so if the right script comes along, and I certainly am reading comedies and dramas now, then I'm ready willing and able to give it a shot.

I don't do comedy so much although I would like to do a comedy.

Acting is everybody's favorite second job.