Nicole Sullivan Quotes

I'd like to come back because I really miss doing situation comedy.

I'm not a standup, but I play one on TV.

I love improv. I do it with my co-star John Michael Higgins in both 'Pitch Perfect' films.

People are meant to be certain places, and I think I'm meant to be on a sound stage doing situation comedy.

In television, a sitcom is probably the closest thing to what it's like working in the theater.

I worked with Marlon Wayans on the show 'They Wayans Brothers,' and we hit it off. One thing about Marlon, when he casts a movie or a TV show, he expects you to bring it. You've got to be ready to improv, because Marlon will say anything, and you've got to be ready to come back.

If I'm doing comedy, I try to improvise a lot. Even if they don't use it, it helps me loosen up and figure out the character.

Comedy is difficult for an actor. But I think I have a good sense of humor and manage to make people laugh and make them happy.

Theatre is the principal job of an actor. An actor's job is to tell a story to someone in a room. TV and film can be great and I really love doing it, but it is a different way of telling a story.

It's the most amazing cast, a dream cast. We laugh all the time.

In my first year at drama school, I did this kids' show called 'Let's See.'

Working on a sitcom and improv improves your comedic chops. If you do it long enough, the one thing you learn to do is listen to the other characters.

I love doing emotional scenes. As I've had a perfect life, I don't really have much to pull from. But it's really fun and not that challenging. It's almost pretty easy. The hardest thing is to try and make people laugh. That's a really hard thing.

I see myself as a performer and that applies to a Greek drama or a modern comedy.

I get to play a lot of hysterics.

I'm grateful to be working. The most exciting thing for me is that I never get bored - I've done comedy, drama, musical theatre and now Shakespeare.

I love doing movies but I loved doing theatre just as much.

And you can't hide in a comedy scene either. You have to give in to the scene and commit.

Class clowns become actors.

The difference with doing a play is that you are in control. In film you are in the hands of the director and the editor and the producer.

I played comedies and dramas.

I like drama. I love being in a drama where I get to be the funny guy. That's what I really love the most.

On 'Workaholics,' I feel like I'm just hanging out with my buddies being filmed, but on 'Mindy,' I'm around professional funny people who act. Guys like Chris Messina, who are the real deal. I watch what they do and put my own spin on it.

I started getting on my feet and clowning around, and they ended up putting me in a play when I was 12. And I was hooked.

When you're doing sketch comedy and you're pregnant, it's like wearing a giant sombrero in every sketch.