Quotes About Seriousness

They think I'm being serious when actually I'm a very big clown. But you have to know me to see that. I'm constantly cracking up and cracking everybody else around me up.

I say funny stuff in my songs sometimes, but it's still all in the seriousness of the music and the craft.

I was always very against the idea that for comedy to be 'important' it has to be dark. It's very much a critic's way of thinking.

It's scary to criticize Beyonce in this country. People take their Beyonce very seriously.

I get criticized for being me. I'm enjoying life, and people see it as me not being serious. Not taking the game seriously. You shouldn't hate somebody for being themselves, for enjoying themselves.

Being cute and bubbly is also fun, but I needed to be taken seriously as an actor and I think 'Dor' did that.

I take life very seriously. I can laugh at it, because what else can you do? But it's a hard daily battle.

The problem is that rap is so often a caricature of its own image. Nobody comes to the table with the seriousness of the effect that it can have; nobody is prepared for that.

You cannot reduce the power of story with the tag of money because it's not a share market. So you must know the seriousness of the power of storytelling.

I don't like the tag of comedy. I think I have done all kind of roles - negative, serious and entertaining.

I'm not against divorce, but I do believe it's really not a joke to find a life partner. In fact, better be alone and take your time rather than complicate things.

If you don't take an opponent serious, they surprise you.

I take my responsibilities very seriously.

If there's anything I hate more than not being taken seriously, it's being taken too seriously.

It is impossible to be taken seriously in shorts. No one has ever cared about anything said by a man in shorts.

I've always had a complex about being taken seriously.

I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.

And I don't believe that melodramatic feelings are laughable - they should be taken absolutely seriously.

I want to be very honest, that I believe impeachment is a very big step - I believe it is something that should not be taken lightly - and it has to be something where we bring people along.

Of course I've had a problem with people taking me seriously because of my age. People are always going do that because you're less experienced; you haven't lived as much.

I like Jacques Derrida; I think he's funny. I like my philosophy with a few jokes and puns. I know that that offends other philosophers; they think he's not taking things seriously, but he comes up with some marvellous puns. Why shouldn't you have a bit of fun while dealing with the deepest issues of the mind?

Drag is involved with changing identities and not taking identities too seriously at all. That's why drag is such a hard sell to a network - or anyone, really - because it's up against the ego.

I do like taking stuff seriously that a lot of people look at as nonsense. I enjoy the insanity of that. And I like the commitment that is needed for that.

As long as your intention is pure, and you know what you're in it for, then you're alright. And I'm in it because I enjoy it. I take it seriously... real seriously. I mean I could sit and talk all day about the music.