Thomas Haden Church Quotes

I just want to continue to do comedy. Comedy, I'm discovering, is my niche. It's what I'm born to do, so I would love to have my own sitcom one day in the future.

Even before I got on 'SNL' I assumed I would do some type of sitcom; I kind of thought that was how I would start. I don't mean to sound arrogant - I just thought I would be best suited to the form.

I think comedy is the most difficult thing in the world, I really do.

I'm not a comedian. I didn't study sketch comedy; my background isn't that.

There are tons of things I'd love to do. I want to do comedy. It's not that I don't want to play a superhero, but I got to play Conan and Drogo.

I'd love to do comedy. I'd probably have to get my laughing fits in check, because generally if I've done comedy, I'm usually the straight character that plays against the very obviously funny character, so that's really hard when the person is really hilarious.

In the U.K. I'm probably better known as a comedy writer - or certainly that's my background is in writing comedy.

I love comedy. If I could be a comedian - well, I probably would not take that job because it seems really hard, but I wish I could be.

I love doing comedy, I really do. It was perhaps my first love. And I think, as an actor, you're young and you do school plays and the reason you go 'I might do more of this' is because you make people laugh in a school play. You don't go and do Hamlet when you're nine and go: "I feel people were really moved out there!" You do a silly voice and everyone laughs and you go: "Ooh, that feels quite nice. I might make a life out of this!"

As long as I get to be doing what I love, which is making comedy and that kind of thing, I feel lucky that I get to.

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.

I've been doing stand-up since '89.

Everything I am, everything I've been allowed to do, career-wise, has come out of the opportunity I had with 'Cheers'. I think it's one of the funniest shows ever. They are some of my best friends.

I will always do stand-up, even if my acting career takes off. Stand-up is my life.

One thing I won't do in television is a sitcom. I find that world to be so neurotic and bizarre.

I've been cast in a lot of comedies. I've done things like multi-cam sitcoms: you know, 'Seinfeld' type... not as good as 'Seinfeld,' but that kind of thing. I love that stuff.

I have always wanted to do comedy.

I'd like to do more comedy, but i think my forte is still in the heavy. I'd love to do a comic lead, a musical.

I've spent the last few years just really actively pursuing comedy and that's something I always wanted to know how to do.

I still want to do a comedy series.

I like to read, but otherwise I'm just your average, self-obsessed comedian. It's pretty much all I think about.

I've never done anything comedic. In all the years I've been an actor, I've never delivered one comedic line.

Comedy is essentially made by young men, or older men with some form of arrested development, for young men or immature older men.

I guess in my house when I was growing up, I was comfortable trying to be funny. And my dad, of course, it bugged him sometimes. He was trying to rest, and I was constantly trying to say something stupid to get a reaction. But I like doing these movies. You can do it in front of the camera and then it's over. I don't have to worry about being in front of too many people.

Comedy is just complaining in an entertaining way, Enterplaining.