Alice Ripley Quotes

Yes, it's true, I've been called the Laurence Olivier of spoofs. I guess that would make Laurence Olivier the Leslie Nielsen of Shakespeare.

Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.

For Prince William, I focused more on doing a bad impression of a romantic lead than on Prince William himself.

When I was a child, I was referred to as the Danny Kaye of the family, because I was always impersonating and mimicking people. I was a song and dance man.

We ape, we mimic, we mock. We act.

I found that I could make people laugh doing people like Shirley Bassey. Fortunately it worked.

I didn't create Bugs Bunny. You know what I mean? I can't get mad because I'm the third-best Bugs Bunny in the world.

Peter Sellers was just a brilliant actor, and also comedic.

In comedy, something may be more absurd, but you have to believe just as much as you do when you're doing drama.

Being funny with a funny voice is more my comfort zone, a broader character that I try to humanize, a kind of silly or wacky persona that I try to fill in.

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

Comedians are the monkeys of acting. When you go to the zoo, everybody loves the monkey exhibit.

Not only do I sing to him, I sing entire conversations. You become Jerry Lewis.

It's okay to take yourself too seriously if you're a serious actor and you've got the scrubs on. And then with me, it's kind of like, well, I'm a comedian, I'm making fun of everybody and everything. And I'm making fun of myself. I'm having fun making fun of and for other people.

I'm not an impersonator. I'm a lousy impersonator, actually.

I think impersonation is a great art. It's something that I enjoy doing, in a frivolous and lighthearted way. But I don't flatter myself to think I'm an impersonator.

When you saw Jon Lovitz or Dana Carvey or Phil Hartman doing something, they were acting. It was real acting. Like, they were acting like that person. They weren't like - it wasn't even like they were really trying to go for a laugh, especially in Phil Hartman's case.

Imitation is the sincerest form of show business.

One of the first comic things you do is imitate.

Pretty Woman was the easiest job I've ever done. I just wore the right toupee.

I did theatrical caricatures.

I used to dress up and impersonate our next-door neighbor, Miss Cox. She wore rubber boots, a wool hat, and her nose always dripped.

I love doing impressions.

I've been told that I'm good at impersonating people.

In comedy, my strengths are improvisation.