Answers Quote by Arthur Marx

Humor is his defense mechanism, so that would allow me to talk about some serious subjects, but get a lot of hilarious jokes in.

— Judd Apatow

I played a lot of serious parts in a lot of TV movies and early miniseries but what happens is that you get sort…

— Barry Bostwick

So often, in my life, when you play a joke on another actor, you say, 'Hello? Steven Spielberg? It's for you.' What's it feel…

— Mark Rylance

Everything serious that he says is a joke and everything humorous that he says is dead serious.

— Clarence Darrow

and he would probably not agree with my conviction that a sense of humor is the main measure of sanity. But who can say…

— Hunter S. Thompson

A comedian needs more than just a sense of humour. He needs to observe everything around him.

— Vivek

Laurence Olivier said in an interview once that when he plays a tragedy he always aims for the funny parts, and the other way…

— Christopher Walken

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor.

— E. B. White

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.

— Patton Oswalt

“And somebody might now want to ask me, "Can't you ever be serious?" The answer is, "No.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“I ask myself, "Why am I so serious?" Everyone else asks me, "Why are you such a joker?”

— T.J. Bowes

Mr. McCabe thinks that I am not serious but only funny, because Mr. McCabe thinks that funny is the opposite of serious. Funny is…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton