Actress Quote by Jennifer Coolidge

I never really thought of comedy as a career. My goal was, when I moved to New York, I was going to write serious…

— Phoebe Robinson

When I started out, I wanted to be a serious actor. I never thought I'd get into comedy.

— Charlotte Rae

I know so many people who are so much better at it than I am, and I think I'm a goofier person rather than…

— Paget Brewster

I think that when I was in my 20s, I wanted to go after dramatic roles, and I didn't have a tremendous amount of…

— Will Arnett

I don't think I ever want to just leave comedy and become a straight dramatic actor. But if the opportunity comes, I would love…

— Patti Harrison

If I tried to do comedy for the rest of my career, I would not be very successful.

— Will Poulter

You can (be a middle-aged comic) if you work very hard at it, because comedy is really hard.

— Andrew Denton

I hope I don't just do the exact same thing my whole life. I also feel like it's really hard to make comedy. It's…

— David Wain

If you are a good actor then you are good at comedy.

— Sajid Khan

I have done some serious roles earlier and there have been some brilliant comedy roles in my career as well.

— Salim Kumar

I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy.

— Ben Stiller

In every career, you are balancing or negotiating tricky waters. But, I think that's been something nice that comedy has been able to give…

— Anna Faris