Lucas Hedges Quotes

Acting is like free therapy! Trying to make people laugh or cry can be inspiring.

When I'm on stage, that's a job. It's acting, it's faking, just making fun of yourself, telling bad jokes - I'm pretty good in this - dancing, just to entertain.

I did clown training for months.

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.

When you make a drama, you spend all day beating a guy to death with a hammer, or what have you. Or, you have to take a bite out of somebody's face. On the other hand, with a comedy, you yell at Billy Crystal for an hour, and you go home.

I like to make people laugh. That's for sure. And I really like to humiliate myself and go very far in derision and stuff. But no, I like everything. I started a little bit of doing drama, too. I like that, too. I guess I just want to touch everything.

Acting is a mysterious process.

I certainly enjoy doing pantomime-y things, but I didn't have any specific training in it.

I want to entertain people, whether it be with a comedy, a drama or a movie. An idea's an idea.

Sometimes you can take those dramatic roles and maybe interject a little humor into them, and I think the reverse also works.

Theatricality is a concept. It's not a specific language.

I think a lot of comedians make the best dramatic actresses because they have a facility. They're very vulnerable. They're very open, like clowns.

I feel like I'm absolutely insane, and I don't think I could probably do anything else. I just love entertaining, and I feel like pretending to be people... and having that as a job is crazy.

I use my hands a lot while acting.

I love using drama and humour.

When I read what 'GLOW' was about, it just felt like something where I could make as many faces as I wanted, and it would totally make sense!

Let me make something clear: I can't do anything in particular to make others laugh. I do what is necessary for a character. The body language of the character may make others laugh.

What I loved about wrestling was just being foolish, so I studied clown. I studied clown. I studied the art of clown. I actually did my thesis on clown.

Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.

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.

Playing characters allows me to do things I may not always do, while singing in concerts allows me to really find my own voice and grow.

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

Physical comedy is my favorite thing in the world to do.

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.

For me, acting is doing.