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Quotes About Acting

I love comedy, but I did always consider myself a dramatic comedian.
~ Molly Shannon
People tend to feel that if you're a comedian, you can't act.
~ David Jason
A good comedian has to be a fine actor all around.
~ Paresh Rawal
I love comedy but I am Rajpal Yadav. I am not a comedian.
~ Rajpal Yadav
I don't consider myself a comedian, but you work with some comedians, and sometimes these guys are incredible on their feet - it's just amazing - and that's not what I do. But it's always fun, and I don't really care as long as the character is interesting.
~ Richard Jenkins
When I started auditioning, I'd take any audition I could get. The more dramatic ones didn't go as well as the comedic.
~ Leslie Mann
I just try not to look at any role as a comedic role or a dramatic role. I just try to stay in the movie I'm in.
~ Judy Greer
I never thought I would be in a comedic role; my past is in drama.
~ Gillian Jacobs
I'd love to do a comedic film. I'd love to do a very epic Shakespearian film.
~ Morena Baccarin
If I'm playing a bad guy, and I'm playing him evilly - I'm making him evil; I'm being evil because I want the audience to understand that he's bad - or if I have a line that's funny, I do it in a comedic way, that, to me, is a lie. It's dead when I watch it.
~ Richard Jenkins
I was in several school performances, mainly Shakespeare and comedic roles. I just accidentally became an actor. I totally didn't expect this.
~ Millicent Simmonds
I didn't want to do comedic acting because I don't think I am very good at it.
~ John Bishop
I usually get cast in more dark, dramatic things, and I would love to do something more comedic.
~ Emily Meade
I don't think comedic parts come naturally to me.
~ Karla Crome
I really just love making comedies; I love doing characters.
~ Mike Myers
I played comedies and dramas.
~ William Shatner
Comedies are something I'd be very interesting in doing.
~ David Naughton
I haven't really done a lot of comedies. I don't know why, because I really like them.
~ Robin Tunney
I've been doing comedies but I'm not a comedian.
~ Seann William Scott
I didn't think, 'I want to do dramas or I want to do comedies' - I wasn't clear in that way.
~ Leslie Mann
I tend to play strong characters and people just assume that I would want to play romantic comedies, which I would love to do, but there are other women that do it so great and they maybe couldn't do what I do, play the kind of characters that I play.
~ Carrie-Anne Moss
I don't have anything saying, 'I'm going to do this many new films, and this many comedies.' But, it's always exciting for me, whenever it is a new character and something I haven't done before, and that's part of what draws me to it.
~ Ashley Greene
I feel like I've done a bunch of period stuff and then a bunch of romantic comedies.
~ Kate Beckinsale
My father is best known for his light comedies, and I'm best known for crazy bad guys with short tempers.
~ Vincent Cassel