Hank Azaria Quotes

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

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

I was always the lead role in plays. I like entertaining people. I like when you're on stage doing crazy stuff and the audience gets it.

I loved the stage and then grew to love the camera.

Acting is like free therapy! Trying to make people laugh or cry can be inspiring.

Acting is a life of rejection.

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

My drama instructor suggested I try comedy. I was resistant at first because I considered myself a serious actor, but of course I fell in love with it.

It's a dream to be in a company of actors.

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 love playing different characters and I love doing fun things and I love to entertain people, whether that be in a comedy or a drama. If I get you to laugh or I get you to cry I'm super stoked, as morbid as that might sound.

About the best thing an actor can do when all is said and done is to make people laugh.

Playing Chelsea on 'The Suite Life of Zack and Cody' really helped with my over-the-top comedy.

I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.

I think what I do in my acting world and what I do in my standup world is bring up a brand that I want to bring across. Once you figure out your brand and what you do, it's kind of easy at that. You end up getting your audience.

I love theatre, and you learn too much as an actor and enjoy too much of it not to want to go back a lot.

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

Acting is something I did when I was a kid. I do act sometimes in friends' projects, but when I do, it's just for fun. It is actually a hobby for me now. I do still love stage acting, but the day-to-day process of being an actor is so exhausting and so taxing.

Doing a lot of drama earlier in my career and now exploring comedy has been a treat for me, and I've had an absolute blast, and I hope to continue.

I was always given the comedy role, even in the ballet. I was the one who fell off her points, you know? I love doing comedy, and I love being in things that make people laugh.

I feel really comfortable with going for the reality of the drama, but I'm not much for the comedy of it. You have to make people laugh, or you have to be true to the character in such a way that makes people laugh. It's a whole different thing.

Of course I am an actor but I consider myself as an entertainer as well.

What I love about working on 'Younger' is that it combines some of my favorite elements of both theatre and film.

I feel passionately that we need more space on TV for sketch shows for character actors to experiment.

I'm having more fun working on 'Eerie, Indiana' because I have the leading role, and this is more of a lighter type of show.