Michael York Quotes

Everything is so funny in the movie. The funniest thing about the movie is the transformations they were able to make with the characters.

Every movie I do, or when I'm on the sketch comedy show, I don't really get into it until I have an outfit or something funny with my head or face or something.

I love being on stage if I'm not on a set. If I'm at home, I'm usually in my office editing or reconstructing my website or whatever it may be. I just love putting creativity into a performance, so if the right script comes along, and I certainly am reading comedies and dramas now, then I'm ready willing and able to give it a shot.

I really enjoy Martin Sheen - he is very unexpectedly funny, very quick.

Bill Murray is a wonderful actor, and he's very funny, and I've seen him be serious and terrific.

Alec Baldwin is so funny.

I got to play a funny part [in the The Master Of Disguise]. There was one thing my character did that involved flatulence and laughing at the same time - that was in the script - and that was basically what sold me on it. I really thought, "This can't help but be funny." And when I saw the film, I was proud that I'd had those moments.

Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.

I was at dinner with Gene Wilder and imitated Ethel Barrymore for everyone.

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

My cheerleader part in 'Fired Up!' is really funny.

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 don't think I would be an actor if I was that intelligent.

I'll watch Ricky Gervais in anything he does. The guy's hilarious.

Class clowns become actors.

When someone pitches a joke for a character that is just perfect, and you can imagine that actor reading that line at your table read or on the set, it's like the sound of a snap snapping into place.

As an actor all we want to do is act and play people.

On 'Lab Rats,' I read the script probably three or four times before we ever even do a table read because I want to be completely prepared. And I want to know exactly which beats I have to hit and where I need to make something comical. Some lines need a little more than others do just to get the point across, to get the joke to be funny.

I don't get offered many comedies.

About the best thing an actor can do when all is said and done is to make people laugh.

I'm an actor first and foremost, who happens to do improv. I've also done sitcoms, I've done stage.

My personal favorite is Woody Allen, who is just amazing as a comedian.

I'm not really a pitcher; I just play one in the movies.

I have an immense amount of respect for acting. I've always loved movies and was always fascinated by movie-making. But to become an actor, I wanted to commit myself.

Steve Buscemi is hilarious. He's really, really good with improv.