Bounds Quote by Rowan Atkinson

With any character I play, I gravitate to the juxtaposition and humor.

— Shawnee Smith

I learned that comedy is born out of strong characters. I won't begin writing a character until I have a clear take on them.

— Maria Semple

When you do something unusual, the audience doesn't 100 percent know what you're up to in the beginning. And if you're doing a character…

— Greg Daniels

It is hard enough to be good at all, but to be good in comedy speaks for your character.

— Roger Ebert

My comedy does not come from a place of deep cynicism, and I tend to play characters who are naive in some way.

— Anna Faris

When I approach a character, I don't take it as comedy because I don't know how to do it.

— Sunil Grover

Approaching a comedy character is fun because you get to sit down with the director and ask, "What makes you laugh?" Then you end…

— Matthew Lewis

I try to give all my characters a sense of humor, so I guess I feel like I have done comedy, but maybe I'm…

— Kathy Baker

When you take a character seriously, there's more room for comedy because you're not aware of how absurd you are.

— Robin McLeavy

If I'm gonna stay in this world of comedy, then it has to be a really special character to me in a really smart…

— Ari Graynor

I let the comedy come through the character and just try to make sure that everything is kind of rounded in a truth, in…

— Eugene Levy

For some reason, comedy just comes easily to me, and I feel like I can do it. I don't have any doubt. When I…

— Andrea Anders