Selma Blair Quotes

People may think I'm trying something new by telling stories, but they're just jokes connected to give the illusion of stories. But really, I just continue using my imagination and creating. That's what I do.

Growing up the way that I did - I grew up with a lot of cousins - you just have this imagination, and I love going and telling different stories. I'm a clown.

Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child.

I don't have to be bam, bam, bam, funny when I'm working. I can tell stories, and there's some funny in them.

I get giddy with the idea of stringing words together that make people laugh.

I like the comedians that go into detail and tell longer stories.

Humans are kind of story-propagating creatures. If you think of how we spend our days, think of all the time you spend on entertainment. How much of your entertainment centers around stories? Most pieces of music tell stories. Even hanging out with your friends, you talk, you tell stories to each other. They're all stories. We live in stories.

My dad knows how to tell a story. He'd make me laugh by doing all the different voices.

If I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that's bigger than anything else.

When I was little, I always used to like to tell stories cuz it was entertaining to people.

I'm really into the idea of telling stories. Everyone needs stories. Everyone needs to escape every once in a while.

A good comic explores the imagination, but it's always got to have those notes of truth running through it.

All I wanted to do was read, to be told stories. Stories were full of excitement and emotions and characters that entertained and often inspired.

I've always enjoyed making up stories, especially when I was bored and just sitting around. It got really serious after the children came along.

The connective tissue between storytelling, advice, and comedy is passion.

There are so many stories to be told, by so many good writers.

I love storytellers. When I was growing up, my inspirations were watching Eddie Murphy, Dennis Wolfberg, and Louie Anderson. These guys were great at telling stories, and I made that my own style, talking about things that happened to me and trying to make them funny.

You just tell a good story where you're funny and it makes people laugh.

I appreciate hearing different stories. It inspires me.

In 'Space Dandy,' I'm trying to challenge myself and do stuff I haven't done before. I'm aiming for a really funny, cool, and crazy creation.

In my opinion, animation will continue to thrive as long as there are children, parents, television, movies and the need to laugh.

I'm just someone who likes making lots of things up and trying to be funny. That's about it.

A joke is just a paintbrush. It takes someone funny to paint something beautiful.

Humour is ahead of everything creatively. I think if things aren't humorous, they are just crap.

Using humor as a wedge into different kinds of stories is my go-to. I think anything I do would have some sort of streak of humor in it.