Comedic Quotes

I always felt that I was more of an actress than a - I can't tell a joke to save my soul, but that I was a comedic actress.

I think people when they think of comedic actors they forget that they are people with a point of view and experiences and depth.

I enjoy comedic things. People don't understand it's the hardest thing to do. We have a ratio of 25-to-1 between good dramatic actors and people who are considered good comic actors.

I didn’t know that it was going to launch a quote-unquote comedic career. I just wanted to do anything other than wait tables.

You live your comedic life close to the edge, you're gonna cross the line and offend people.

A lot of amazing comedians that I've worked with just really follow their instincts and you can't really teach someone comedic timing. And you just kind of have it.

I don't think the public here buy this idea that women and men speak different comedic languages.

I want my name to be a brand in comedy. I hope my name stands for comedic excellence.

Before I did 'How I Met Your Mother,' I was not considered a comedic actress.

I like stories with a collision of disparate tones. Look at 'Shameless' or 'House of Lies'. They go from big, silly, and comedic to very real dramatic moments in the wink of an eye.

Once people start to think they've wasted parts of their life, or they're wasting their life as they speak, that means there's going to be great dramatic and comedic tension.

I dont want to be just considered a breakout comedic supporting actor. I want to be a breakout actor in anything thats a lead.

I try not to be too plot-heavy and to balance the dramatic with the comedic.

I don't think I can be intimidated about working with any comedic actors. It felt great to get to play hardball with the big boys as they say.

I'm not a comedian. I don't do stand-up. I don't tell jokes. I'm a comedic actor, and approach my work that way. The comedy comes through the character.

That's why my ires always come comedic in a way because - can I just say something? See, I sound like such a smooth talker.

I used to coach a lot of hockey. I'd love to be a hockey coach, a bit more of a dramatic role and not comedic. I would go back to my hockey roots, that would be fun.

I don't look for [comedic moments] actually, I just live my life.

I never thought I would be in a comedic role; my past is in drama.

They didn't really encourage my goofy, comedic side at Juilliard.

I'd love for someone to ask me about comedic technique and choices.

Canada has been a breeding ground for great comedic actors, sketch artists and stand-up comedians. We grew up with a different perspective on the world.

I've never done anything comedic. In all the years I've been an actor, I've never delivered one comedic line.

In black comedic culture, there's always been a thing about "Man, I ain't gotta wear a dress to be funny!" But I've done it.

If you're comfortable with someone, you feel creatively free. Whether it's a comedic scene or a dramatic one, you don't feel self-conscious because you feel safe with the people that you're around.

When someone who is known as a comedic actor goes to drama, it often doesn't work out, because they really just chose wrong, I think - or maybe they're just not good actors, I don't know.

My instincts are not comedic.

There's something so scary about trying out new material and being completely comfortable jumping into the abyss with a comedic idea.

I feel more comfortable writing firmly comedic or slightly comedic stuff.

And I do think that great fiction, even when it's comedic, has an urgency or an inevitability to it, a sense that the writer absolutely had to write this particular story in this way.

I think a lot of comedic actors, on their close-up they can deliver. But when it comes to reacting to other people being funny, that's work in itself.

I have deep comedic roots, and I want to be funny.

I don't know if I even consider myself a comedian really - I do comedic acting in some films and dramatic in others.

Obviously comedic styles do change.

When I started auditioning, I'd take any audition I could get. The more dramatic ones didn't go as well as the comedic.

Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd are really amazing, lovely people and really great comedic actors.

I'd like to keep exploring comedy. I didn't necessarily think of myself as a comedic actress, but it's a lot of fun.

No one turns down a film with Woody; it's something everyone wants in their career as an important moment. He's such a comedic genius, without question, so I was thrilled.

Everyone thinks I'm a comedian - which I am and are. I was born into a comedic family but I'm trained as an actor.

I really consider myself a Californian, but I have those great comedic roots in Brooklyn.

I've always been partial to comedy. I love the idea of working on a comedic scene.

I don't think I'm predominantly thought of as being a comedic actor.

You get to have some bigger comedic moments with some very real dramatic stuff. All that in one makes for a fulfilling artistic job.

I would eventually like to write and star in my own stuff. I think I have a good comedic sense, so I'd like to follow that road. I don't know what the future holds, but whatever I do, I'll commit.

Some of the things I've been in are comedic, but I don't get considered for true comedies because I'm a 'dramatic' actor.

If you play comedic scenes like they're really serious, then it's so much more funny than if you're going for a laugh.

I never thought of myself as a comedic actor. I didn't go to Second City, that's not my background, I'm not a comic, I studied theater and my career when I started was a lot of dramatic stuff.

An odd outlook on life is the beginning of good comedic writing.

Well, Mitt Romney is a very attractive comedic target. He’s irresistible to me. I mean seriously, I want to pay less attention to him.

As an artist I just think comedic actors are really underrated.