Actors Quote by Ed Helms

You can crack a joke and make a person smile but it matters a lot when that's on screen. It can be a very…

— Jitendra Kumar

Sometimes an actor will stumble on the joke, and I'm right on them. Back it up before the audience hears the bad version of…

— James Burrows

There are a lot of comedic actors who are just out to be the funny one and get all the laughs and they'll sacrifice…

— Jake M. Johnson

When someone pitches a joke for a character that is just perfect, and you can imagine that actor reading that line at your table…

— Michael Schur

Comedy is serious - deadly serious. Never, never try to be funny! The actors must be serious. Only the situation must be absurd. Funny…

— Mel Brooks

You cant be a casual observer of something humorous - you have to engage, you have to find it funny for the relationship between…

— Brendan Coyle

It's a very important skill set for an actor to be able to bring the humor into any moment, whether you're doing drama or…

— Nathaniel Buzolic

You just can't take yourself too seriously, especially in comedy. You shouldn't try to be funny, but you should try to be as honest…

— Paula Patton

In comedy, you have to do all of the same stuff you do in drama and then put the comedy on top of it.…

— Jon Lovitz

I think a joke is a form of truth-telling. A good joke that's absurd contains elements of our daily darkness and also a possibility…

— Colson Whitehead

A good actor is someone who knows how to take the part and make it real and make it honest and be effective in…

— Ivan Reitman

When you're a comedic actor and you're used to just getting laughs, it's kind of scary to go serious, even for a second.

— Megyn Price