Dominic Holland Quotes

It is only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

There's something funny about being on a big stage and not making a big effort to fill it up.

I wanted to be a serious actress, but of course that didn't really happen.

Life is dramatic and comedic at times. Sometimes in the most dramatic situations, there is comedy. And good comedy comes from a sense of reality.

So I got caught up in the same wave as everybody else and went right out to Hollywood, to make movies.

My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that's a good grounding for a balanced life.

I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.

Funny is when you're serious.

I'm a real paradox. Because I'm a very serious person, and I take my work very seriously. But I wrap it up in a court jester and a clown and make people laugh and make them feel good about themselves.

A lot of people don't realize it, but I've a lot less success than I've have had success.

If you stretch tragedy, it will always become comedy.

There's so much humor in serious things sometimes.

Just because a subject is serious doesn't mean it doesn't have plenty of absurdities.

I didn't come to Hollywood to be the girl next door. I came to be a movie star.

There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.

I curse myself if I get out without making a 100 after crossing 40.

Even the most tragic moments can have moments of comedy.

There is nothing that is so serious that you can't also see its comic side. Comedy is a way of talking about the most serious things.

Our everyday lives exist with comedy and tragedy next to each other.

Generally speaking, cancer - not that funny of a thing. When you hear about it, you don't go, 'Oh, hilarious!'... But within that - comedy, tragedy, hand-in-hand.

Comedy is the difference between how you see a person and how they see themselves.

I think a good dollop of sadness is quite a useful thing in comedy sometimes. I think if everyone's happy all the time, it's a bit dull. It's like salt and caramel - you wouldn't imagine they would go well together, but they do.

In life, there's a ying and a yang and a balance. And when you don't have balance, you have comedy.

I have never really had a goal to be a true blue movie star, unlike a lot of my colleagues.

Unproductive effort is never a good thing.