Actually Quote by Lionel Shriver

I think the more the actor lets you know what he thinks of the character, the less the audience cares - like a comedian…

— Neil LaBute

We have a certain warped sense of humor in Scandinavia, and that is what comes across in the choices in a lot of our…

— Connie Nielsen

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

When I was younger, when I was a teenager, the work was more satirical and funny and cartoony. And part of it was chops…

— Eric Drooker

It often seems that, for whatever strange reasons, comedians, in addition to their formal performances, have more comic experiences in real life than other…

— Steve Allen

I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the…

— Eddie Izzard

I always find it easier to portray myself as being unlikeable and idiotic; to actually play a character that is likeable and engages the…

— Steve Coogan

It's hard for people to differentiate between a character they see on television and a person who plays the character.

— Madelaine Petsch

Comedic actors can be looked at as a lower form because we have to put ourselves in a lower place than most of the…

— Jim Carrey

It's not enough to be diverse in your casting. You have to service those characters; you have to make them fully well rounded because…

— Candice Patton

I have always had huge respect for comedians/comediennes. It's because comedy is very hard to portray.

— Samantha Akkineni

I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.

— Alan King