#being funny

Some actors try to play parts and do things they can't do. Being funny is one of them. Being funny's hard. ↗

— Tom Sizemore

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You, the actor, must be aware of when you're being funny, but the character you're playing should always be oblivious to the fact. ↗

— Jon Lovitz

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I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn't tell me I was being stupid; they told me I was being funny. ↗

— Jim Carrey

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The pressure to being a comedian is being funny, but I've given that up, so there is no pressure whatsoever. ↗

— Gilbert Gottfried

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I think being funny is not anyone's first choice. ↗

— Woody Allen

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Being funny with a funny voice is more my comfort zone, a broader character that I try to humanize, a kind of silly or wacky persona that I try to fill in. ↗

— Hank Azaria

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I got attention by being funny at school, pretending to be retarded, and jumping around with a deformed hand. ↗

— Leonardo DiCaprio

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You find out in life that people really like you funny. So what do you give 'em? Humor. And then if you show them the other side, they don't like you as much. I find, too, that I can hide behind the idiot's mask being funny, and you never see the sorrow or the pain. ↗

— Terry Bradshaw

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Something about New York, man: You can do more comedy there probably than you can anywhere in the world. If you're interested in being funny, New York is the place to go. ↗

— Dave Chappelle

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And regardless of the fact that in this country, certainly in the arts, we treat comedy as a second-class citizen, I've never thought of it that way. I've always thought it to be important. The last time I looked, the Greeks were holding up two masks. I've always thought of it not only as having equal value, but as the craft of it, being funny. ↗

— Jeff Daniels

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