Rachel Weisz Quotes

I don't think of any sentence as a "one-liner", but I do pay attention to how people actually speak when they are being funny. Rhythm is key.

One does not contradict the other.Straight-faced is the basis of all decent comedy.

You just can't take yourself too seriously, especially in comedy. You shouldn't try to be funny, but you should try to be as honest as possible. The extreme end of honesty is usually what's funny. That's your job [as an actor]. You just have to let people see it.

If you work at comedy too laboriously, you can kill what's funny in the joke.

Sometimes I am so dry that people don't know I'm kidding and think I'm being serious. I enjoy this because their reactions are often funny.

I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously.

I've committed myself to perfecting the art of the straight man. I try really hard not to crack up.

You can't fake comedy. You can't make it look beautiful or put an interesting bit of music on in the background: funny can only be funny if you're funny.

I think you need to have the guts to not use comedy. Often, the people that work in comedy use a joke to avoid contemplation.

If you want to make people laugh, your face must remain serious.

I have a very dry sense of humor.

Humor is what happens when we're told the truth quicker and more directly than we're used to.

The idea of the straight man is very important. But I'd rather it be somebody else, because it's not as fun. And when I say somebody else, of course I mean Jason Bateman. He's born to play boring characters because he's such a bore. He's one of the most boring human beings.

Not a time with him passed that I didn't say, "You should've been a comedian." [Vincent Price] was hilarious. He was just such a quick, funny wit. I don't think most people would think that about him, and it was really surprising to me. But man, the guy had a brilliant wit.

If anybody is a master at improvisation, it would be Ken Jeong. He is hilarious.

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

Comedy is created when someone is trying very earnestly to do what he feels is the right thing to do at that moment.

I think comedy, so much of it comes out of the strange sort of golden instant 'cause you don't know why it's funny, but you captured it.

It's really challenging to play comedy.

Let's not call physical comedy falling down and pratfalls. All humor is physical, no matter how you dish it out. It's timing, like a dancer or an athlete would have.

I'm such a comedy fan that I just love laughing and so admire comedians who have brought me joy.

If you play comedic scenes like they're really serious, then it's so much more funny than if you're going for a laugh.

I know the nature of comedy, and you never know what will happen with the next movie or whether people will find it funny.

I enjoy comedy and I hope that people enjoy watching me do it.

Comedy needs to happen naturally and be in touch with the character. When you see that guy in your office that everybody laughs at, he doesn't think he's funny. He's just being him, and that's the joke.