Leslie Nielsen Quotes

Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.

Uzo Aduba over at 'Godspell' is doing an even more entertaining Donald Trump than Donald Trump's Donald Trump.

I haven't played Hedda Gabler yet, but maybe if I did I might find the funny bits.

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

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.

You can parody almost anything.

Hey, I think comic actors are the best actors.

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

People think comedians don't do drama. Comics are drama. And what is drama, as opposed to comedy? It's all the same to me.

I see parody as another form of comedy.

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 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 I go and speak now at all sorts of conferences, later in the night there's always a better Maxie Walker than me. Billy Birmingham's legendary for basically being able to verbally kneecap any of a number of Australia's characters, particularly in the commentary box.

If Shakespeare was around today I would ask him out to dinner. The only thing I don't like about him is the way he did his hair.

One of the first comic things you do is imitate.

The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I've parodied over the years.

I can't get too offended when somebody parodies me.

I'd like to say that parody is a celebration of a person's specific characteristics, as opposed to mockery.

I think it's always funny when you see kids do Shakespeare.

With parody, you're referencing and sending up a particular genre, and mostly your material is going to be taken out of that genre.

Make no mistake: I love women. I'm married to one, I was birthed by one, and I played one in my high school production of 'Romeo and Juliet.' No one else could fit into the bodice.

Comedians are obsessed with justice and the truth.

I think drama and comedy are pretty much all the same, and the issue is whether or not you have a sense of humor.

I always approach every role through a lens of comedy.