Able Quote by James Phelps

I think you have to have a sense of humor about every movie that you're doing. Your character needs to be relatable in a…

— Anonymous

I always have humour in my action movies. I think characters that make jokes under fire are more real. It somehow helps put you…

— Shane Black

I tend to play characters that I can infuse with certain kinds of humour. Even the baddest guy can be funny in his own…

— Samuel L. Jackson

If you're doing a drama that has some comedic elements you can't forget that it's primarily a very serious film that has some light…

— Robert Downey, Jr

In a way, I feel that film roles haven't given me the opportunity to show I have a sense of humor.

— Demi Moore

A lot of action characters are a little bit too serious as well. They take themselves a bit too seriously, which I don't find…

— Guy Pearce

To call them emotional comedies sounds cloying. Like Billy Wilder said, 'You want to make them laugh and you want to make them cry,'…

— Charles Shyer

There's obviously some appeal in scenes for me - there's something I respond to. I keep doing those films where I put myself out…

— Jason Biggs

You don't service a big, fun premise comedy and then shoot yourself in the foot with too much irony. You need the audience to…

— Shawn Levy

What I'm doing in the work I do, I prefer not to just have a series of jokes. It's nice when audiences can connect…

— Christopher Guest

When you're doing comedy on stage, it's great because you have the audience there and they're like another actor in the scene. You feed…

— Wendell Pierce

Comedy always works better when you're tracking the story and you care about the characters. That's why there's a lot of movies where there's…

— Andy Samberg