Quotes About Seriousness

I'm more serious and mature.

Sometimes you can take those dramatic roles and maybe interject a little humor into them, and I think the reverse also works.

Let's take fashion seriously, but not ourselves so seriously. Or reverse that, maybe don't take fashion so seriously, but take yourself seriously. Actually, don't take yourself seriously, that's for sure. So, yeah, take fashion seriously, just not yourself.

I don't think anyone in their right mind takes me serious.

I try to play serious scenes a little funny and the comedy a little serious.

'South Pacific' has a definite heaviness that people don't realize. It's got a seriousness and a message.

Guilt is never very far from Rick Grimes' shoulder. It comes with the package. He's a man who takes his responsibilities very heavily, not lightly.

I get paid to not laugh.

When I see my picture in the papers, I imagine that people think I'm a lot more serious than I am. They probably think I'm pretty miserable.

I think I'm actually built for fatherhood. I love to have a good time and play, but at the same time I've got a really serious side to me, and I think that's the balance you have to have. Get on your kids' level, but at any point in time, let them know who the parent is.

You can parody and make fun of almost anything, but that does not turn the universe into a caricature.

You cannot be a part-time candidate when you're running against Orrin Hatch.

Fun is essential to mastering the serious side of life. It provides the balance that keeps us sane

Nietzsche's] questions - transcend, but where to; ascend, but to what height? - would have answered themselves if he had calmly kept both feet on the ascetic ground. He was too sick to follow his most important insight: that the main thing in life is to take the minor things seriously. When minor things grow stronger, the danger posed by the main thing is contained; then climbing higher in the minor things means advancing in the main thing.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious

It is our responsibilities not ourselves that we should take seriously.

Mercedes was not a strong woman. Her bones and limbs seemed too fragile, as if they could break easily if she were pushed or fell. It had taken her months to recover from each birth. She was an extremely sensitive woman, and the brutalities she had observed in life had given her a seriousness beyond her years. She put her faith in God and believed Satan was always there, tempting people with all things bad. One always had to be vigilant against the forces of evil.

And isn't that what all boys want and all men, too? Just to be taken seriously?

He taught me never to smile, which helps me when I visit disaster sites.

Often, when Jim Carrey plays it straight, all of the vitality is drained from his face; he looks like a root-canal patient trying out a pleasant expression for his oral surgeon.

When I speak a serious subject in an informal and humorous way, it has bigger impact. So much so, when BBC made a small documentary, they first thought of having a voiceover for me. The producer liked my English so much, he said they were retaining my original voice.

To be honest, in 2012, I was against both candidates, and so I just picked any third party because I thought if more people voted for third parties then they'd have to take third parties seriously.

I took my writing seriously, and it seemed to pay off.

Some people don't have a sense of humor.