With a play, you do it and it's gone. Films always date. Television drama always dates. Television comedy, for some reason, seems to go on.
My first film was a comedy, but after that I went always into more heavier stuff.
I'd like a bit of a crack at some kind of anarchic comedy, but whether or not I'm skillful enough at it all, we'll see.
Scotland needs comedy more than ever. With the independence debate, finally after 300 years, reaching room temperature.
I was sort of the class-clown type, and I was also in school plays, and I always liked comedy.
Some readers took 'Heaven's My Destination' as a satire on Christianity and the Midwest, but today it reads like a loving comedy.
I would be an idiot to say comedy is easy, but it does come naturally. It never feels forced.
With every film, I try and give the audiences a little more than the previous film in terms of comedy, action, drama and so on.
Maybe there's a sort of veneer of optimism about U.S. comedy, whereas perhaps in England, we don't mind ending it on a sourer note.
I've always been a fan of physical comedy. It kind of hits you in a different way; it bypasses the intellect and hits you in the gut.
I was in the Air Force and was a boom operator (in-flight refueling). I got my comedy start in the Air Force.
People think comedians don't do drama. Comics are drama. And what is drama, as opposed to comedy? It's all the same to me.
It has nothing to do with the emotional demands of a role; I've done comedies that are as draining to me as any drama.
Hollywood constantly wants to label you and type you into a certain category, 'Oh he's a comedy guy,' or the weirdo character guy or the villain.
After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes.
I'm playing an Amazon warrior princess in a new radio comedy series called 'Elvenquest,' and I'm playing a Russian genius in the comeback of 'Red Dwarf.'
In the beginning of my career, all I did was drama, and I couldn't get arrested doing comedy; nobody would hire me!
To me the goal of comedy is to just laugh, which is a really high hearted thing, visceral connection and reaction.
I never was shy, but as far as telling jokes, I'm the worst. I like physical comedy; it's where I feel comfortable.
I like to do comedy, but I'll be perfectly honest, I prefer to do drama and more character-driven-based stuff, generally.
It's on the bucket list for sure to do a comedy film, even if it was just one line on the lot.
