Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the…

I think people who do comedy tend to do it well, and to do it painfully and truthfully. So making the leap to drama…

— Sandra Bullock

Comedy is much harder, it's a lot more exacting. You can't just be real and you can't just use the same kind of techniques…

— Jack Nicholson

I take my fun very seriously, whether it's playing the drums or acting in comedy bits. The need to be disciplined about it, and…

— Max Weinberg

The real challenge in acting is in comedy. It's easier to get that gasp in a drama. Not easy, because you still have to…

— George Takei

I didn't know anything about acting, much less about acting in a comedy.

— Desi Arnaz

I thought there would be a lot of , you know, transferable skills, from acting and comedy, but there weren't that many!

— Rachel Parris

My areas of expertise are acting, comedy, radio jockeying.

— Aparshakti Khurana

I'm much more a European Italian than I am an American Italian, and I've always felt that that style of acting comedy is in…

— Al Pacino

Chong is so funny his acting and comedy is awesome

— John Lasters

It proved to me, though, that comedy is so much harder.

— Jenna Elfman

Comedy is harder than drama, because with comedy you're expecting a result..you make them laugh. [If] they ain't laughing then you're screwed.

— Billy Bob Thornton

People often ask why comedy is harder for women, and the reason is because a tampon will sometimes fall out when you're on stage.…

— Jenny Eclair

Comedy is harder, because if there's no laughs, it's pretty bad. But drama, if there's no reaction, you can say, 'Well, it's not their…

— Fred Willard

I think comedy's harder to pull off on the screen than on the stage, anyway. Tragedy is easier on the screen... oddly enough.

— Sam Shepard

Having written both comedy and drama, comedy's harder because the fear of failure's so much stronger. When you write a scene and you see…

— Rob Thomas