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"These are only... RICK RIORDAN I went swimming the other day and my wife was watching and she said, 'You know, it's funny, ... EDDIE MARSAN You know, it wasn't even that I'm a funny guy, I just loved stand-up comedy and I wanted to ... BILL BURR When I started comedy, I was a big Eddie Murphy fan. I thought if you did stand-up, you were suppose... LIL REL HOWERY I was a very special child. I did stand-up comedy. I did it all. My family didn't understand. ... ALESSANDRA TORRESANI If you can believe it, Hollywood wanted to change my birthdate. I was born after Valentine's Day... CESAR ROMERO I met Robert Redford at the Golden Globes because he stepped on my foot. He stepped on my foot as he... RETTA When I'm playing comedy, I never do 'jokes.' Sometimes I'll deliver a line in a way ... BRUCE MCGILL I've had so many horrible things happen in my life since I did 'Home Improvement' that i... PATRICIA RICHARDSON I'm not terribly well read. My wife forces books into my hands and insists I read them, which I&... PETER CAPALDI Standup comedy was my weird hobby. I would drag my poor parents out to the only open mics that were ... ALEXANDRA PETRI It's so funny, because when I was growing up in a small town in New Hampshire, I was obsessed wi... ELIZA COUPE I've got a few ideas," (Amy) admitted. "But I don't know where we're going in the long term. I mean ... RICK RIORDAN I loved doing 'Pennies from Heaven.' Because you have to understand that I'd been doing ... STEVE MARTIN I do feel like guys feel pressure to be funny with me, which is kind of annoying. It's a turn-of... CHELSEA PERETTI I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES Stand-up comedy is mine: it's my entity; it's my brand; I own it. I do it when I want to do ... KEVIN HART Alas, I think I am becoming a god. TITUS Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. LUCAN I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate. LUCAN To be honest with you, the dramatic side is more fun to play because I don't get to do it as oft... ERICA ASH I would like to do a romantic comedy, but not a romantic comedy that is cheesy. I want to do an old ... SAMI GAYLE I was lucky to develop in the U.K. because I find comedy - in addition to being caustic - it's q... KATHERINE RYAN Outside of 'Justified,' I do like to keep it to comedy. When I'm not there, I try to see... NATALIE ZEA When people say, 'How did you start in comedy,' I say my family was kidnapped by ninjas when... HANNIBAL BURESS A lot of female comedians will go up there in a sweatshirt and Converses, trying to dress themselves... CARLY CRAIG I was asked to do 'I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here,' and I said: 'No thank you.... KATE O'MARA I can't watch other people doing comedy. As soon as somebody starts being funny I have to turn o... JENNY ECLAIR I would love to do a dramatic comedy. All of that, it all interests me. At some point I want to do m... ELIZA COUPE 'Funny People' is my favorite performance of myself to date. Even though it's a comedy a... JONAH HILL I said if I have a No. 1, I'll do a naked photo shoot! I'm not sure a lot of people would li... OLLY MURS I probably prefer comedy. Why? I'm not sure. I feel like the energy of a comedy is a better fit ... CAMERON MATHISON When I started acting, it was like a double identity crisis - your basic crisis, compounded by peopl... SAM ROBARDS When I read the 'Ugly Betty' pilot, I thought, 'Oh, this part's funny.' I said t... BECKI NEWTON I don't do anything but sleep, when I'm not working. I have no life. I'm no fun. All I w... MAGGIE Q Comedy is such a vulnerable thing. With drama, you're not trying to make someone cry. If you do,... HARLEY QUINN SMITH I'm extremely introverted. I used to think it was shyness, but I got over that, so it must be do... KARIN SLAUGHTER I think that's why I was able to do well in the beginning: because it was such a foreign thing. ... AWKWAFINA It just so happened that my agent called and said, 'There's this movie 'Pitch Perfect.... UTKARSH AMBUDKAR I guess you get pigeon-holed in Hollywood, but I'm ok with that because I've been able to do... DENIS LEARY I have no deep-seated desire to be famous; that's not what's driving me, so if it's some... CAM But I'm kind of spoilt when it comes to comedy. I was on 'Friends', which was one of the... MATT LEBLANC I definitely have the eye of the tiger. I've fought my way to where I am and will continue to do... NICOLE SCHERZINGER 'Wonder Showzen' is one of my favorite shows of all time. When I first saw it, I thought it ... ERIC ANDRE I'll tell you one thing... no doubt about it, my favorite kind of comedy is talking head comedy.... ADAM MCKAY I'm pretty goofy. I really do like to sing and dance in real life. I'm a rhythmic person. I ... XOSHA ROQUEMORE Don't have to see," the pilot grunted. "Olga knows the way." "Funny name for an aircraft... GORDON KORMAN I'm always fighting with profanity and Christian comedy. I'm telling you, it's always a ... KYM WHITLEY I'm like, bursting. I should be working. I don't want to take a break. It's funny, on se... KRISTEN STEWART I don't have many friends. It's not because I'm a misanthrope. It's because I'm ... IAN RANKIN The very first job I did, a Barbie commercial when I was eight or nine, that was like 'Oh my God... BIANCA LAWSON When I - when I was going to school, I knew how to read, write, add and subtract and I - I basically... MARK WAHLBERG I like to do comedy. It's my real passion. I want to make people laugh. GAD ELMALEH I love doing comedy. I find comedy quite hard work. Comedy's underrated, I think, by actors, you... RALPH BROWN When I was a little girl, my dream was just to hear my song on the radio. It was very fascinating to... BEBE REXHA When I was 16, I was in Boston and some friends said, 'You want to go to New York?,' I went ... STANA KATIC Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. SENECA Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. SENECA We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing. SENECA Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take... SENECA Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. SENECA Luck is where opportunity meets preparation. SENECA Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures. SENECA I remember when I was 11, I told my mom, 'One day I'm going to buy you a house.' And she... WILL.I.AM I was in college that first semester, and I was like, 'Wow, this isn't who I am. This isn... CHANNING TATUM I like doing what I do, but I like having the opportunity to do different things, and obviously come... JASON WILES I think that there's a fine line between comedy and drama. I think that ultimately, the less win... MICHAEL MOSLEY I was completely unqualified to get into Harvard. But then I went to my interview for Harvard, and t... MIKE BIRBIGLIA When I did 'Sex and the City,' it was like, 'Let's do a comedy where the humor is no... DARREN STAR I love a challenge. So when I did 'Friday,' I didn't want to do another comedy back-to-b... F. GARY GRAY For me, growing up, the downside of it was that as a kid you don't want to stand out. You don... JEFF BRIDGES Is it spoken word? Kinda, but that's a weird area. Is it comedy? Well, it's funny but no, it... BRUCE MCCULLOCH Well, first of all, I'm an incredibly gullible person - I'm so bad that when I said that to ... CARLA GUGINO Do I feel like I'm 65? No. I feel like I'm 15. That's my problem. I'm trying as hard... RIC FLAIR My background is in musical comedy. I didn't know I was going to be an actor. But all my points ... CHRISTOPHER WALKEN Vin Diesel is crazy, and when I say crazy, I mean it in a good way. He's crazy about Latinos, an... NICKY JAM As a kid, I said, 'I want to write for movies.' When I finally had that opportunity it was l... CLIFF BURTON Once in high school, I completely over plucked my left eyebrow all the way up to where you're no... ASHLEY TISDALE I remember clearly, when I was about 4, my Aunt Linda said, 'I'm not babysitting him no more... MAHERSHALA ALI I never was shy, but as far as telling jokes, I'm the worst. I like physical comedy; it's wh... MALIN AKERMAN My dad said, 'Go to college and take whatever you want.' So, I went to the University of Mia... RAY LIOTTA I do come across people who don't like me, don't like my comedy, don't think it's fu... DEMETRI MARTIN I don't know what I'd do if I was making a romantic comedy; I wouldn't feel like I was e... DANIELLE HARRIS I like comedy a lot, and dramatics show how I can really act. Because a lot of people can do comedy ... CAYDEN BOYD I actually started in comedy, but then after 'Deadwood' I started concentrating on the drama... GARRET DILLAHUNT I was raised in a very humble environment, and I was always taught to be humble to the things that a... JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE I have this burning desire to get out there and do my best. It's as if I'm keeping it all in... JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE I don't hate humanity and I'm not interested in people who do. Although, it's funny, act... ELIZABETH GILBERT I love Felicity Jones. It was funny because I went to go see the 'Rogue One' set, and I was ... DAISY RIDLEY
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