Cheryl Hines Quotes

In television, a sitcom is probably the closest thing to what it's like working in the theater.

I love doing comedy. One of my favorite things in the world is to do 'Parks and Recreation'; a big fun character.

I had always sort of done dramatic things, and I love them; it's my background. But when I think about 'Fresh Meat,' I just think about the cast and the crew that we had... we just had a great time.

Working on a sitcom and improv improves your comedic chops. If you do it long enough, the one thing you learn to do is listen to the other characters.

You work with stand-up comedians or you work with somebody in theater, you work with somebody from 'Star Search' or 'Survivor' or a kid, it constantly changes how you play with people.

I'd really been wanting to do a television series. I was looking for a comedy.

I don't want to sound hoity-toity, but people told me I should watch 'Cheers' because it's very funny. So I watched it, and I just went, 'This is the great show of the universe?' To me, acting is making characters believable, not just doing jokes.

I've never done anything like 'Brotherhood' before. It was a great challenge to take up a part in a live audience sitcom - it was amazing.

Doing a series of 'Facejacker' takes about nine months. It's pretty intense.

I was kind of lucky that I had done so much theater over the years, because basically a sitcom is kind of like a hybrid between a film and a play.

I always loved acting and improv and sketch comedy and theater, which I did at a local youth theater.

When I was at youth theatre and drama school, I never thought people would mistake me for a stand-up.

I like the sitcom, as a structure.

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

If I was on a 'Modern Family' kind of show, and they said, 'You have to say that the burger is $5.55; Have a good day!'... I could do that!

I would love to do a really stupid character on 'The Office'. I'm so an 'Office' fan.

I think the kick to doing comedy is just to get in a film with really funny people and let them do their jobs. I find that in most comedies, I'm not the funny one, which works out great.

We have a great time on that show, and we enjoy one another's company on stage and off. And sitcoms don't have bad schedules. We started out working five days a week, but now we're down to three.

I did a lot of serious plays, and I did the Oxford Review as well, which is supposed to be funny, but I'm not sure how funny we were when we did it. Then, when I finished my course, it was only then that I decided to go to drama school and try and do acting because I was enjoying it so much and so on.

I love being funny! I started in the theater when I was 9 and, believe it or not, always played the funny part!

There are a couple of ideas for features that I would love to do. They happen to be comedies.

You know what I would really like to do? I'd like to do a half hour drama with comedy in it.

I did comedies for 10 years and I learned a great deal.

The cast of 'Parks & Rec' is just a group of unbelievably nice, humble, down to earth, hilarious friends.

I want to do drama, light comedy, the whole range.