Nora Dunn Quotes

I have this fear of coming across as a Barbie doll who got lucky. Style is a big part of who I am, but it's not who I am. Ya know?

I'm not really as cool and collected as 'Mrs. Funnybones', but she is the woman I want to be.

I've always tried to come up with funny dancing since I was young, to attract girls' attention for one thing. It's got to be funny. I can't pull it off with serious dances. That's not me.

I play characters that are pretty; I play characters that are sort of intimidating and confident, but that doesn't necessarily mean that I'm that.

When I think of myself, I'm definitely... I'm not like a comedian.

I'm not an actor, really. I can play myself pretty well.

With my teammates, I'm more open, funnier than people see me.

I get that I can come across as a show-off, but that is part of who I am.

Growing up, sports was my outlet, my way to portray a personality. I was very shy around people but, through sports, something I was good at, I was able to make friends.

I never thought I was funny, but I enjoy being funny.

The difference between me as Brian Warner or Marilyn Manson is just words. Same personality, sensibility, sense of humor, behavior. He is me.

I think people think I'm harder and more arrogant and cocky than I am - because I know how to put on a front, but it's nothing like who I am inside.

I was fooling everyone by surrounding myself with funny people. But then I put myself out there - writing my own sketches, going on stage with nobody surrounding me - and for some reason people were still laughing.

I grew up a really shy kid, but I always surrounded myself with a lot funny people. It depends on the day - if I feel like being quiet, I will be. I'm not a complete goofball, though.

I don't have the confidence to be a personality.

I think comedy I've learned is really just about relaxing and trusting yourself and allowing yourself to fail.

I'm not really a flirt; I just try to be myself.

I'm a musician first, a food-lover second, a dirty mouth with feet, and a girl last time I checked.

Sexy at the millennium means having a solid sense of self but never taking yourself too seriously.

My improv definitely shows a different side of myself, which is more true to what my real humor is and what my real personality is, and I think - I guess 'wild' is a good word for it. I'm still sweet! But I won't let anyone walk all over me.

I don't try to be sexy, but if you are sexy it comes out. If you're not, you're not.

My clothes don't make one a different person, just more of oneself.

I tend not to be someone who's on all the time, or is always trying to make other people laugh.

I don't think I'm boring.

You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty.