Marisa Tomei Quotes

I think the first thing that I really did was 'Traffic Light,' which was more of a half-hour sitcom. And from there, I just got more comedic roles.

The more comedic roles come easier to me though because I see myself as a silly, easy-going person.

I be goofy, kinda funny. Acting stupid but they love me.

And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.

I have a lot of funny friends, and we joke a lot, but I've never really played comedic parts.

In school, I was playing old men and women, babies, Russian people, and all sorts of weird parts - a lot of comedy - and that's sort of like home to me.

I was a bit of a goofball. I was always silly. I think that lends itself to being an actor.

I haven't really done a lot of comedies. I don't know why, because I really like them.

I'd love to do a comedy. Umm, I don't know when that will happen - maybe when I'm, like, 80 or something. But yeah, I'd love to. I'm just waiting for the right person to see my hilarious nature and offer me a comedy.

If you were to come to the set of Alias, you'd know how silly we all are. And I mean, silly.

I find any sort of acting that doesn't have any humor in it is mind-numbingly boring.

I love doing comedy, and I don't get a chance to much. I get to play lots of serious people, and killers, and people with a lot of... sheriffs. Good people and bad people, but lots of drama, and to get a chance to be genuinely silly is a great treat for me.

I love 'Mean Girls.' I held out on watching it for a long time, but I'm so glad I finally did. Tina Fey is brilliant.

I'm lucky. I've worked with extremely talented women who won't sacrifice comedy to make themselves look better.

One of my favorite films is 'Dumb and Dumber.' I'd love to do some really silly comedy someday.

But, sooner or later I'd love to do a comedy. I mean I think that, you know, people don't think that that's in my wheelhouse because I've sort of played a lot of dramatic stuff and that's certainly a side of myself that I want at some point in the right context, in the right stuff, that I find really funny.

I often do very serious roles, but really I am a big clown.

Just for fun, I'm really goofy and I would love to do some stupid comedy. I'm talking, like, crazy, out there, Will Ferrell type of thing. I love it; I think those movies are so funny.

I really just love making comedies; I love doing characters.

I love doing comedy. You don't get many good comedy scripts. They're rare. But, I do love playing comedy. Even in drama, I like to try to find the humor because I think it's very human.

I do miss sometimes being onstage, because when I do film and television, it's usually so brief and funny.

I'd played dumbasses a lot. On Mad About You, I played a very dumb waitress and they saw me.

To do comedy, you have to be a pretty good actor to start with.

I snootily say I can't take too many dramatic parts, as it's taking work from actors who aren't funny.

I like to play the comic relief or parts that aren't necessarily comedic but that I can find the comedy in.