Acting Quote by Glenda Jackson

Drama is more universal. We all cry about the same stuff. But comedy is very specific: It depends on where you were born, how…

— Eugenio Derbez

Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comedy is much harder.

— Patrick Dempsey

Comedy has to be so much cleaner than drama. You can't layer it in the way you can a dramatic performance. Which is why…

— Grant Bowler

Doing drama is, in a sense, easier. In doing comedy, if you don't get that laugh, there's something wrong.

— Betty White

I don't understand why people think it's harder to do drama than it is to do comedy.

— Leslie Mann

Comedy is more difficult than drama. I think it's really difficult to make someone laugh because people have very different comedic sensibilities. In drama,…

— Aimee Garcia

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

Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment.

— Jason Reitman

I love comedy but I also enjoy drama. 'They' do say comedy is harder than drama, but I don't think about it that way.

— Krysten Ritter

I think drama and comedy are pretty much all the same, and the issue is whether or not you have a sense of humor.

— Valerie Harper

I actually don't subscribe to the notion that comedy is easier than drama. When you're trying to be funny and you're not funny, that's…

— Tom Hollander

Drama can feel like therapy whereas comedy feels like there's been a pressure and a weight lifted off of you. You come to work…

— Gabrielle Union