Acting Quote by Patrick Dempsey

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

— Leslie Mann

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

— Betty White

To be perfectly honest, drama is a lot simpler than comedy.

— Nikki Cox

Drama is easy. Comedy's hard.

— Peter Bogdanovich

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 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 comes more naturally to me. It's the comedy you really have to delve into.

— Kathy Bates

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

I think people who do comedy tend to do it well, and to do it painfully and truthfully. So making the leap to drama…

— Sandra Bullock

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

Drama is more focused, and it reveals itself to you, whereas comedy is just right there when you first read it.

— Bob Odenkirk

comedy ... is much harder to do than drama. It's not true that laugh and the world laughs with you. It's very hard to…

— Glenda Jackson