Quotes About Seriousness

When somebody takes themselves seriously that's fodder for comedy. I think every musician goes through certain periods of their career where they're all guilty of that - Spandau Ballet included.

People think I'm a very serious actor, which I am. But you know, if you don't have a sense of humor doing what I do, you perish.

I take my craft seriously, of course, but I don't feel the need to always play a certain character or a certain part or persona. I'm not going to cut something out of my life because it's not 'my image.' I want to be open enough that if I love something, I can do it, and it will add to myself as an entertainer.

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One jests because one wants to contemplate.

Don't behave in a funny manner. We must have Calcutta in India.

One who is serious all day will never have a good time, while one who is frivolous all day will never establish a household.

Life is a game in which the rules are constantly changing; nothing spoils a game more than those who take it seriously. Adultery? Phooey! You should never subjugate yourself to another nor seek the subjugation of someone else to yourself. If you follow that Crispian principle you will be able to say Phooey, too, instead of reaching for your gun when you fancy yourself betrayed.

For often even the sad can become happy by displaying strength and firmness; they are not made happy by lightheartedness, nor by frivolity, laughing, or joking, which is the companion of shallowness.

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I took the marriage vows very seriously, as did Chris. You're there - sickness, health - I mean, really. And you don't take those vows until you can say it and mean it.

When I got married to my ex-wife, Jemma, I took my vows very, very seriously. I've been brought up with good values and I don't go into anything thinking: this is just for the sake of it - it's not going to last.

Trust me: our critical infrastructure is vulnerable to cyber-attack, to potential terrorist attack, and we are not taking this threat seriously enough.

I think he had a wake-up call. It's a different kind of race, and I think maybe he didn't take it quite as seriously as he might have, but you can bet he learned a lot of lessons.

I don't know anybody who walks through life all the time in the doldrums, constantly serious and morose. But that's become what we generalize as drama.

People forget that when you're 16, you're probably more serious than you'll ever be again. You think seriously about the big questions.

I went to an open audition for 'Between the Canals,' and that was a big thing. I suddenly thought, 'Ah, yeah!' Then I started getting brought away to do roles. That's when I got taken seriously.

Being taken seriously was always the biggest challenge.

I am not a farceur. I am not Blake Edwards.

You can make bleak things funny but if you're glib about it, it doesn't work.

I don't put seriousness in Bollywood movies. Because in Bollywood, people want entertainment even if it has no meaning.

I pretty much know when people are talking rubbish and when they're serious. It's common in boxing, rubbish.

One of my gripes about movies is that people take them so seriously, and the moneymaking aspects are so brutal.

To be honored by success is to take your life seriously. To humble-talk about it is to take yourself seriously.