Quotes About Authenticity

Lying to other people is fine and usually funny, but lying to yourself is tacky.

I'm not going to be remotely funny.

'Come out' is so funny to me because I've never been in.

There's a fear that I don't think people are interested in my actual opinion. I just think people are interested in me being funny.

A lot of the things I say I'm just trying to be funny... I don't really mean everything I say, because I'm not totally that airhead.

I think the best comedic actors don't play it for comedy, they play it for reality. Then you find it funny because it's real. Playing the genre is the worst thing you can do - it's embarrassing.

It's funny, a lot of people think I take myself seriously because I come off so serious sometimes. But it's not that I take myself seriously, I take what I do seriously.

A lot of people can be very scared about making themselves vulnerable and appearing uncool. I don't really give a damn; as long as it's funny, I'll do it [make fun of myself].

There's nothing cute or funny or lovable about being cheap. It's a total turn-off.

It's great if you're funny or if you can dance, but if you are kind and decent, it comes out your pores.

I think my way of being "funny" is just saying things that people think but have learned not to say, whereas, I haven't learned not to say them.

Are imperfections is which make we grate.

I have a really dry sense of humor. I don't think it's funny when people wink at the camera. That's more of an actor thing, just committing to whatever the thing is.

My parents always told me to be myself. I was always funny and silly as a kid. And I would always make them laugh. And they always told me to dream big and follow those dreams.

One thing you can't pretend to be is funny.

I just say what I think is the funniest thing I could say. I'm not trying to make headlines. I'm just trying to say the stuff that I think is funny and will make people laugh.

Katherine Heigl, she was exactly the opposite of what I thought she'd be like. She smokes cigarettes, or she did then, and she's got a truck-driver's mouth, and she's really funny.

I'm actually a thin serious person but I play fat and funny, but only for the movies.

Doing stand-up takes the fun out of being funny.

You need to be funny in a way that people feel like you're trying to make a deeper connection. So that's what I try to do.

Children are the most honest critics. They will say "You're funny", but also "You're pathetic - go away."

You look like a horse in a man costume

Don't clap I'm not a jazz band for Christ's sake.

The bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of drama is to be truthful. You can be truthful and funny, but if you're not truthful in a drama than the audience leaves you.