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Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot of my work was comedy, which I loved doing. It's harder. — Ben Kingsley

I began my comedy as its only actor and I come to the end as its only spectator. — Antonio Porchia

An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa. — Desi Arnaz

A famous actor, Edmund Kean, on his deathbed, was reported to have said, "Dying is easy. Comedy is hard." — Melvin Helitzer

I'm an actor who loves doing comedy. — Martin Short

I'm an actor. I've always been an actor. I've always approached all my comedy as an actor. I don't really care about jokes either. I tire of jokes. — Brett Gelman

I'm not a broad comedy guy. I've been funny in movies, but I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who's sometimes funny. — Matthew Lillard

I didn't set out to be a villain in film. I'm a character actor, and if my first movie was a comedy, I could have played a geek just as well. — William Zabka

Every actor thinks he can do comedy, and it's not true. — Denis Leary

To tell you the truth, I always wanted to be a sketch comedian and a comedy actor. — Artie Lange

The comedy of class, played so straight, is a wonderful thing for an actor to sink their teeth into. — Shirley Maclaine

If you want to be an actor, you need to learn how to act first, even in sketch comedy. — Nicole Sullivan

I'm known as a dramatic actor. But because I don't do a lot of comedy, I love watching it because I can really immerse myself in it and not think. — Riley Smith

Comedy is difficult for an actor. But I think I have a good sense of humor and manage to make people laugh and make them happy. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

I think the best advice I'd say to any actor when you do comedy is play it straight. — Ricky Gervais

Comedy holds the greatest risk for an actor, and laughter is the reward. — Cary Grant

Only criminals and madmen walk into Central Park after midnight...or, occasionally, an actor. (Dark City Lights) — Jane Dentinger

Yeah, well I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre and that's really where my training is. As an actor, that's my training. — Christopher Walken

I was a failed actor but I still wanted to show off, so I ended up doing live comedy. — Graham Norton

To do comedy, you have to be a pretty good actor to start with. — Robert Webb

If the audience knows what's behind the door and the actor does not, that's comedy. If both the audience and the actor do not know, that's mystery! — Melvin Helitzer

A kitten is the delight of a household. All day long a comedy is played out by an incomparable actor. — Champfleury

Perhaps I've been perceived more as a romantic comedy actor, but overall, I enjoy acting in any shape or form. — Jaime Camil

I am a stage actor. I do mostly improv comedy. The only national television stuff is 'Archer' and' Frisky Dingo.' — Amber Nash

Comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write. — Michael Caine

People used to think of me as a comedy actor. — Rami Malek

Whenever you're making a dark comedy, you're always looking for the yin and yang in an actor. — Jamie Babbit

I always have considered Michael Keaton to be a phenomenal actor because he navigates drama and comedy. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Because I've done so many hour dramas, people tend to think of you as more of a dramatic actor and don't see you as doing comedy. — Amy Acker

It's a very important skill set for an actor to be able to bring the humor into any moment, whether you're doing drama or comedy. — Nathaniel Buzolic

If I'm not on tour, I can run down to the comedy club and do a little stand-up. If you're an actor, you can't go - I guess there's forms of it. — Louis C.K.