Anders Holm Quotes

I'm a pretty funny guy, and I would love to do a comedy with a bunch of funny guys - movie-star guys, where they could help me through it.

It's a lot easier, I think, to be an actor in a movie than to spin a joke on a sitcom.

It was hard doing scenes with Bobby Cannavale because I would break up laughing because he's so funny.

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

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.

Being on 'The Office' prepared me for drama. Comedy got me ready, but once you get down to it, they're two sides of the same thing. I mean, the delivery has to be different - in drama, there's more time to breathe, and comedy's all about hitting the joke.

Janet Carroll and Robert Pine, Chris Pine's dad, were in my first play, and they were so astonishingly good, I felt it raised my game instantly.

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.

You know I'm an actress, not just a funny lady.

On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth, because when it's true is when it's also funny.

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

Some actors try to play parts and do things they can't do. Being funny is one of them. Being funny's hard.

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

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 would love to do a movie with Albert Brooks; we're so different, but I find him so funny, and I can be just as seemingly narcissistic as he comes off, the 'it's all about me' kind of thing.

It's fun to do something funny and have the director laughing. It makes you feel good.

In the happy scenes there were really fun times. Sean would say really funny stuff because he likes to improv. I would want to laugh, but you are not allowed to do that during the take.

It's fun to play the character and then watch him later.

I wouldn't want the pressure of a Six Feet Under or the pressure of improvising like Curb Your Enthusiasm.

When I was doing 'All in the Family,' half the time, I was looking at where the cameras were, where were the other actors in the scene, what the audience was doing.

It was really fun being in Tara's trailer, working on my lines. Tara is such an amazing actress. She's so good at what she does. I learned a lot from watching her.

I enjoy the work I do in comedies. It's a valid test of your creative abilities.

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've worked with actors who were very helpful and a lot better than I was.

Having done a lot of theater, I'm used to sustaining characters over long periods of time.