Julia Roberts Quotes

After doing comedy for a while and knowing how hard it is to do physical comedy right, I learned how incredibly talented the Three Stooges really were after re-watching old episodes. They still stand up!

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

I grew up a huge fan of The Three Stooges and Monty Python, so somebody getting slapped in the face with a fish, or falling out of a chair, or running into a door, or tripping over their own feet and eating it, is all stuff I find really, really funny.

I've always loved pure, silly slapstick comedy. It always makes me laugh.

Acting-wise, I haven't done a lot of comedy, so I would love to work with Jane Lynch. I think she's hilarious.

I'd love to do a really juicy drama that's just really real. On the comedy side, I'd love to do something like '21 Jump Street.' I cannot stop watching that movie. Really funny, really extreme comedies are definitely my favorite.

I can honestly say I love getting older. Then again, I never put my glasses on before looking in the mirror.

When you're eight years old nothing is your business.

'Last Man Standing' is overall a lot of comedy. And I love doing that.

Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you.

Jason Lee made me laugh all the time because he's so big, and I love how goofy bodies can be.

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

Chris Farley, I was a huge fan of his growing up. I would love to do something kind of slapstick and funny, maybe where I could change my look even a little bit.

I love British humor. It's just so - surreal.

The key is just to ignore the pain, because physical comedy only works if you see someone get hurt and they aren't actually hurt. If someone gets hit in the face with a bat, falls down, and gets back up, it's funny. If they stay down and their jaw is wired shut in the next scene, it's really tragic and weird. You have to pretend it doesn't hurt.

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 love 'Airplane,' the 'Naked Gun' films; everything the Zucker brothers have done is just awesome.

Sometimes you don't want to be a slapstick clown in order to convey a funny perception of the world.

I'm not saying that comedy has to be a certain thing - I'm not trying to define comedy, where it's like, it can only be silly things. But I think part of what makes a comedy is that at least part of the mantra of the show is trying to make people laugh.

I'm all about the slapstick, generally. If you fell off it, into it, or through it, I'm probably nearby wetting myself.

My favorite movies were 'Singin' in the Rain' and stuff that had a more classic comedy type feel, that more slapsticky stuff. It's the comedy I've gravitated towards.

When I was growing up they used to say, "Robin, drugs can kill you." Now that I'm 58 my doctor's telling me, "Robin, you need drugs to live." I realize now that my doctor is also my dealer.

Growing old is compulsory - growing up is optional.

Mumps, measles, and puppy love are terrible after twenty.

There aren't many pratfalls in comedy anymore.