Comedies Quote by Naomi Watts

I was inspired by Cary Grant. I wanted to do the kind of work he did and to work in light-hearted roles, in comedies.

— Robert Vaughn

There are not that many roles in comedies that are completely driven by a young actress.

— Will Gluck

To me, comedies are usually the least funny movies. Movies that are actually a comedy are usually not all that funny. To me Goodfellas…

— Louis C. K

Comedy is all about the joke. Comedies usually don't do anything fancy with the camera [or] the lighting. It doesn't matter. It should never…

— Fede Alvarez

My roles in comedies from 'Austin Powers' to 'Tommy Boy' to 'Wayne's World,' were sort of comedic 'straight man' parts. My character on 'Parks…

— Rob Lowe

Romantic comedies are usually about when love works.

— Zooey Deschanel

You can go from doing something quite silly to something dead serious in the blink of an eye, and if you're making those connections…

— Bruce Springsteen

A lot of the stuff I do is broad, physical, quite silly.

— Nick Mohammed

In mainstream romantic comedies, I'm usually tearing my hair out. It's just a devastatingly difficult genre for me.

— Carter Burwell

“All those who are in love may appear to be quite silly.”

— Gina Marinello-Sweeney

People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean?

— Bob Woodward

I think there's a lack of quality roles for women in comedies. Most actresses get cast as the "eye-roller" or "the serious one," while…

— Isla Fisher

I'd like to do some female roles again.

— John Cameron Mitchell

I'm so open to different things. The only thing I'd say is I've set the bar pretty high in terms of good female roles…

— Bel Powley

I never planned to do female roles. It just happened. I was typecast.

— Divine