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Even in the depths of dreadful situations, there's usually something rather comic, or something you can laugh about afterwards, at least. So, I do look for the comedy in those things. ↗

— Colm Meaney

#afterwards #comedy #comic #depths #dreadful

I love doing comedy. You don't get many good comedy scripts. They're rare. But, I do love playing comedy. Even in drama, I like to try to find the humor because I think it's very human. ↗

— Colm Meaney

#comedy #doing #drama #even #find

I played trombone for 10 minutes, and then I was in an accordion band in school for even less. ↗

— Colm Meaney

#band #even #i #less #minutes

I suppose I look for humor in most situations because it humanizes things; it makes a character much more three-dimensional if there's some kind of humor. Not necessarily laugh-out-loud type of stuff, just a sense that there is a humorous edge to things. I do like that. ↗

— Colm Meaney

#character #edge #humor #humorous #i

In the past I've worked with directors who saw very much their scene in their head and knew exactly how they were going to cut it. ↗

— Colm Meaney

#directors #exactly #going #head #how

It's interesting because I haven't done a lot of period work in the past, but I always wanted to because I'm interested in history. ↗

— Colm Meaney

#because #done #haven #history #i

My old manager of the Irish National Theatre said 'Don't worry about being a star, just worry about being a working actor. Just keep working.' I think that's really good advice. ↗

— Colm Meaney

#because #done #haven #history #i

I visited the Gymnasium in The Hague and passed my final examination (in the sciences section) in 1943. ↗

— Simon van der Meer

#final #gymnasium #hague #i #passed

I used to drink tons of caffeine. Now I make smoothies with frozen berries and Green Vibrance health powder. ↗

— Leighton Meester

#caffeine #drink #frozen #green #health

Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#be true #everyone #idea #platitude #true