Acting Quote by F. Sionil Jose

Some actors try to play parts and do things they can't do. Being funny is one of them. Being funny's hard.

— Tom Sizemore

“A sense of humor is a serious business; and it isn't funny, not having one. Watch the humorless closely: the cocked and furtive way…

— Martin Amis

Humor is hard, hard, hard. And if you fail with humor, you don't fail halfway. You drop the ball humor-wise and everyone notices.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Funny people don't really laugh very much.

— Tim Heidecker

When you're doing comedy, you're not trying to be funny. I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously. I…

— Rachel Weisz

Trying to be funny is one of the hardest things on the planet. I think that's tough for everyone. If you're just naturally funny…

— Doc Brown

Funny comes in different levels. Like not looking seasoned, or not looking prepared, the way that an actual comic should look, becomes funny.

— Deon Cole

“But even this gives rise to another central tenet, attendant to the Comedy Is Good myth: Comedy Is Hard. Certainly well-rendered comedy is hard.…

— David Rakoff

In every generation there are a few people who are authentically funny. The cosmetics change. You may not be able to articulate it, and…

— Woody Allen

“This brings up yet another, far more important misconception: that being comically generative and having a sense of humor are one and the same…

— David Rakoff

I believe it is tough to be funny and tougher to make people laugh. And it needs to be been done effortlessly. A joke…

— Vivek Oberoi

In order for comedy to be funny you have to play the truth of the moment. But if you're not being completely truthful to…

— Stephen Root