Annaleigh Ashford Quotes

I certainly enjoy doing pantomime-y things, but I didn't have any specific training in it.

I thought I wanted to be a clown, because what would be better than making people laugh?

When I'm on stage, that's a job. It's acting, it's faking, just making fun of yourself, telling bad jokes - I'm pretty good in this - dancing, just to entertain.

Let me make something clear: I can't do anything in particular to make others laugh. I do what is necessary for a character. The body language of the character may make others laugh.

Physical comedy is my favorite thing in the world to do.

I was the kid who liked making other people laugh, so maybe the comedy came before the acting.

I've always said that instead of watching a guy juggle seven things amazingly I would rather see a really bad juggler who's really funny.

Every movie I do, or when I'm on the sketch comedy show, I don't really get into it until I have an outfit or something funny with my head or face or something.

It's interesting - a lot of good actors are good mimes. But I'm terrible. If I tried to do an impression, nobody would know what I was doing.

I have done 'Gutar-Gu,' which was a silent comedy show.

I would love to do a comedy, and I think physical comedy is something I probably have a knack on.

A good comedian has to be a fine actor all around.

I think I was born to be a clown. I just haven't figured out how to bring that side of myself into the world of filmmaking. It's much more comfortable for me to cry on a film set than it is to tell a joke.

What I loved about wrestling was just being foolish, so I studied clown. I studied clown. I studied the art of clown. I actually did my thesis on clown.

I used to be a narrator for bad mimes.

You know the circus performer who spins the plates in the air you know, and he'll spin six or seven plates in the air? Acting sometimes is kind of that guy spinning all those plates in the air but in your head and in your body.

Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.

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

Acting is the way I make my living.

When I was at Upright Citizens Brigade, I would pretend to be a sad, drunk rapper.

As a child, I was always interested in drama and performance.

I don't care about how I look; I'm dedicated to the laughs. You know, I used to be a clown, so - my name was Smoothie the Clown. All the training I had, all my training is geared toward making people laugh, and I didn't care about being cool.

I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.

I've always got into stunts; even at drama school, I was falling down trap doors, and swinging in on ropes.

Theatre sports is the best improv training period.