Handling a painful situation in a comedic way is truly the funniest. That is extremely real to me and not kind of clownish. There is a thin line though; you can't overdo it.
When I started auditioning, I'd take any audition I could get. The more dramatic ones didn't go as well as the comedic.
Everyone thinks I'm a comedian - which I am and are. I was born into a comedic family but I'm trained as an actor.
I've always wanted to do all kinds of roles, dramatic roles and comedic roles, all kinds of roles.
I would love to work with Bill Murray. I've always been such a big fan. I think he's obviously a great comedic actor but a really interesting actor.
Comedy is more difficult than drama. I think it's really difficult to make someone laugh because people have very different comedic sensibilities. In drama, you can get away with being a great actor and surrounded by great actors and having good writing. But in comedy you have to listen and you have to perform with a certain rhythm, because if you don't, it's like playing a wrong note in the orchestra and you can hear the off key and it will fall flat and you won't get that instant response.
Michael Ian Black wears many hats. He's a stand-up comedian, a comedic actor, he's now a writer-director so he knew how to work with all of us. And furthermore, because so much of his career is based on improvisation he gave us the freedom to do that as well.
No matter what I have to say, I'm still trying to say it in comedic form.
I don't know if I even consider myself a comedian really - I do comedic acting in some films and dramatic in others.
Some of the things I've been in are comedic, but I don't get considered for true comedies because I'm a 'dramatic' actor.
My comedic instinct, is a little bit more rooted in - my mother's British so I've always been more of the dry receiver of the crazy as opposed to the initiator of the crazy. I'm kind of predisposed to be the straight man.
I'd like to keep exploring comedy. I didn't necessarily think of myself as a comedic actress, but it's a lot of fun.
I never thought of myself as a comedic actor. I didn't go to Second City, that's not my background, I'm not a comic, I studied theater and my career when I started was a lot of dramatic stuff.
I loved Peter Sellers. I thought he was the perfect mix of physical comedy with out-of-the-box humor. I loved his tone; I loved his physicality; I loved everything about what he was doing as a comedic actor.
I think I'm a better comedic actress than I am a dramatic actress, but everybody believes I'm this dramatic actress and I'll take it.
There's something so scary about trying out new material and being completely comfortable jumping into the abyss with a comedic idea.
The costume designer, her name is Anne Hardinge. She's done "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz. " She's really comedic costume designer, which was right up my alley. She was a joy to work with. She was like fabulous Geena Davis. She was just floating with her red lip and kind of fabulous.
I think a lot of comedic actors, on their close-up they can deliver. But when it comes to reacting to other people being funny, that's work in itself.
The fact that you can say stuff to people that other people are only thinking is always fun. It's a great tool for comedic moments, as well.
Also, at a certain point relentlessness itself can become comedic.