Michelle Keegan Quotes

A lot of things matter in comedy - the script, the lines, your timing, the co-actor's timing, how it's shot.

To be honest, I am somebody that, as long as I have a character, it doesn't really matter if it's comedy or drama - I think timing is important in either. But for me, it's all about having a character to work on.

As a comic, you try something and if it works you go with it and grind it to death.

I never used to tell jokes on stage. Now I'm cutting up jokes all night long.

Stand up is really fun because if I think of a joke or a funny idea, then I can just go and tell some people and if they laugh, they laugh right away.

Richard Lewis is the master at taking a joke that he's told a million times in a row in the past year, on the road, and making it look like he's pulling it out of thin air.

Whether it's a double take or a spit take or an extra-long pause before a reaction or a line, I try to be as cognizant as possible about the technical end of it. So I think the physical stuff works easier for me than maybe for others who are more just going on instinct.

The best part about stand-up is that you control everything. Period.

To be perfectly honest, drama is a lot simpler than comedy.

I've always been terrible on regular sitcoms with lots of jokes. I don't know how to tell jokes.

To do comedy, you have to be a pretty good actor to start with.

Drama is more focused, and it reveals itself to you, whereas comedy is just right there when you first read it.

Comedy has to be built carefully.

Comedy and music are so similar because it's all about timing.

Rehearsals are for gags.

I hate to give myself credit for anything, but I will say I really enjoy, as an actor, and especially with comedy stuff, playing with different rhythms and with different ways around a joke. There's always an obvious route, and there's one that maybe is a little bit different.

Comedy is easy. You have to react to what others are saying and it is all about the timing, the dialogue delivery.

A good comedian has to be a fine actor all around.

When you are doing stand-up comedy, you are the writer, producer, director, sometimes bouncer.

Comedy is much more challenging, because you have to have the same level of belief but you have to make people laugh, and that's definitely a challenge.

There's nothing more difficult to do than comedy.

I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.

For comedy, timing is key.

A comedian needs to have his own filters, needs to know his audience, how far he can push things.

I love doing emotional scenes. As I've had a perfect life, I don't really have much to pull from. But it's really fun and not that challenging. It's almost pretty easy. The hardest thing is to try and make people laugh. That's a really hard thing.