Comedy Roles Quotes

I've had varying luck with comedy in the past, but I'd really like to give that another go. I don't know if I'd chase down a part, but if the right thing came along I could certainly see myself stepping into that zone.

I'm basically an actress, not a comedienne, and if something comes along that appeals to me, I'll do it.

I've always been attracted to more intense and darker roles, but I think there is complexity and darkness in comedies as well.

I haven't been offered a lot of comedy. In theater, I've done quite a bit of comedy or dramas that included a lot of funny stuff. But in my TV work, those aren't the roles that I've been offered.

I played a lot of serious parts in a lot of TV movies and early miniseries but what happens is that you get sort of locked into "Oh no, he's a serious actor." Well, I was a serious actor for nine years or 10 years and then I get into comedy and everybody said, "Oh no, he's funny. He can do comedy," and then all of a sudden, you're just a comedy guy.

For years, it's driven me crazy that women don't have better roles, especially in comedies. I know so many funny women but I always felt... misogynist streak is too strong a term - but a dismissiveness.

Every role that I have taken on has demanded some kind of emotional range. I really, really would love to do a comedy, but that opportunity really hasn't opened up.

I've usually had two styles: the Fletch character and the Clark Griswold character.

I snootily say I can't take too many dramatic parts, as it's taking work from actors who aren't funny.

I think I have specialised in comedy movies. And people have liked me in them.

Perhaps I've been perceived more as a romantic comedy actor, but overall, I enjoy acting in any shape or form.

I've mainly been in dramas, so this is one of my first comedy kind of performances in Cecil B. Demented.

Hrithik is the go-to guy for queries related to diet. He is great with expressions and is funny in real life. I wonder why someone hasn't cast him in a comic role yet.

I was offered a lot of supporting crazy parts in comedies because that's all I had done.

I have done comedy and romance. So I thought why not try negative roles too.

I don't mind it so much if I get type cast as an authority figure. I get to do comedy no matter what it is, so it doesn't bother me.

My parents are desperate, they keep saying: 'Please stop doing these angsty roles; make it easier for us.' So, yeah, I'd love to do some comedy.

I'd love to do a comedy; that's the one thing I haven't done yet that I really, really want to do.

Female roles in comedies are usually quite silly, I think.

I don't get offered many dramatic roles. As soon as my face pops up in a movie, everyone knows I'm the funny guy.

My passion lies in amazing, complex characters and really well-written stuff - not to say I wouldn't want to do a comedy if the right comedy came along... I'm an actor in Los Angeles, and I have a family I have to support.

I love doing comedy. Absolutely love it. After 'Wedding Crashers,' people suddenly realized that it was something I could do.

In a way, I feel that film roles haven't given me the opportunity to show I have a sense of humor.

People like to see certain actors do certain things, and people like to see me play that role. I also have no interest in playing a normal girl in a romantic comedy in some cutesy thing.

People are so used to seeing John Goodman as a lovable dad or the quirky characters he played in the Coen Brothers films.