I'm a bug on acting, which distinguishes Second City from a lot of other revues. It comes from the character, the behavior, and not from the jokes. I don't think jokes are funny. Humor comes out of character and out of situations the character is in.
What I think is funny is when people, despite tragic situations, are still hopeful, still trying. It's sweet and sad - and, to me, hilarious.
Being funny wasn't a career choice growing up, it was my way out of situations; a way to survive another day.
As a child of God, our whole reason for existing is to give God praise. What a testimony to give in a difficult situation.
On the contrary, the characteristic element of the present situation is that economic questions have finally and irrevocably invaded the domain of public life and politics.
At some point, life starts to pass you by and becomes about avoidance. I want to stay clear from that situation, because I don't like that.
To me, nothing is more fascinating or theatrical than real life. These people are in dire situations, where something extreme has happened in their lives.
I'm not trying to uncover the facts of my life but to discover the dramatic truth of the situations I was in.
In life and in movies, it's a similar challenge, where you have expectations, and you end up in situations that are not meeting your expectations.
I went to a haunted house once, and I don't do well in situations like that, and I've lived my entire life not being scared or anything.
There's been moments of depression in my life, moments when I was in situations that I thought I wouldn't be able to get out of.
I'm starting to think about my life, thinking about where I'm going to be in three years time: who I'm going to be with, where I'm going to be situated myself.
An actor's job is to embrace emotions and situations that in real life we spend all of our time running away from.
I'm a human being and I fall in love and sometimes I don't have control of every situation.
No matter what your situations are, your problems in life can only be as big as you repeatedly think they are.
nothing has been all that perfect; but within the imperfect situations do we find the perfect solutions
The hardest situation to pick up a girl in is ... in church and in Morocco on Ramadan. On Ramadan or one of those religious days? Try to pick up a girl is bananas.
It puts you in a kind of a strange situation where everybody is looking at every little thing you do.
I want to create situations that give people something to think about.
I am sufficiently wary of dangerous situations, but I'm not scared of having a go.
Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older.
