Brian J. Smith Quotes

Steve Buscemi is hilarious. He's really, really good with improv.

I'm very fond of Amy Schumer. I think she's terrific, an enormous talent.

Fred Willard still makes me laugh.

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

For 'Iron Man' I had to improv with Robert Downey Jr., which is like going up against LeBron in basketball. At one point he stopped and said, 'Can we give a round of applause to Olivia, because she's rocking it right now.'

I loved 'Burning Love,' and I really do love almost everything Paul Scheer touches.

David Duchovny is a dream; a dreamboat and a dream. He was so kind... He held my hand after we were done shooting and told me I did great. He's so good at what he does.

I'd like to do a comedy, actually. I think it would be great to do a sitcom or something like that. I'm pretty much open to anything.

Comedies are something I'd be very interesting in doing.

Seeing the energy of 'SNL' made me want to be a part of it. If that was a job, I thought, that was the job I wanted. That was my plan. Comedy.

Tom Cavanagh is fantastic.

I consider myself an actor who is funny.

Alec Baldwin is so funny.

I want to do a comedy film.

Madeline Kahn is one of my favourite people in the entire world and one of the funniest. She was a talented Broadway star and also sang opera.

I've been a fan of Bob Odenkirk since he was on HBO originally with 'Mr. Show.'

Dana Carvey is hilarious. He's a really, really funny, talented guy. You know, I can't think of anything I've ever done that I regret doing, and I certainly don't regret doing Master Of Disguise, because I got to hang around Dana.

I would say, when it comes to comedy, I think Matthew Broderick was great.

If anybody is a master at improvisation, it would be Ken Jeong. He is hilarious.

I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who just happens to be funny on occasion.

I've always liked and appreciated storytellers like Garry Shandling and Bill Cosby - more long-form comedy. So starting in San Francisco, watching all these great comics - Patton Oswalt, Dave Chappelle - you get to see them a bunch, and you go, 'Wow, this is where I need to be.'

In comedy, my strengths are improvisation.

'Saturday Night Live' was like a university for funny.

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.

I think the kick to doing comedy is just to get in a film with really funny people and let them do their jobs. I find that in most comedies, I'm not the funny one, which works out great.