Megyn Price Quotes

They will take a role that scares them over a role that doesn't. That's another thing I like about actors.

Stand-up comedy seems like a terrifying thing. Objectively. Before anyone has done it, it seems like one of the most frightening things you could conceive, and there's just no shortcut - you just have to do it.

For me, comedy literally is way more terrifying than doing drama, so it's always about stretching what I think I can do and putting myself out there in different context.

But, sooner or later I'd love to do a comedy. I mean I think that, you know, people don't think that that's in my wheelhouse because I've sort of played a lot of dramatic stuff and that's certainly a side of myself that I want at some point in the right context, in the right stuff, that I find really funny.

Acting takes courage.

Acting is an uncomfortable business because you have to make yourself vulnerable.

One thing that bugs me in comedy is when somebody does a fake cry, you know, like they fake cry in a comedy. But in a drama they'll really cry. That bugs me.

Auditioning for something you already know and love is terrifying.

I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women that are good at doing comedies as well as dramas.

There's something about being a comedian that means you have to not be scared of failing because failing is part of the process.

I approach a comedy the same way I do a drama. I try to make it as real as possible.

Comedy and drama are both challenging to me.

I think every role is always exciting and intimidating. I've never had a role where I wasn't intimidated by it.

The play is one of the very few pieces of great dramatic and comic writing that I have read in a long, long time. I was drawn to it because of the power of the writing, which gives me the actor a chance to explore many facets of myself.

I'd love to do a comedy. I'm terrified of comedy. I don't think I'm funny, but I guess that's why it's so thrilling.

I love doing comedy, and I don't get a chance to much. I get to play lots of serious people, and killers, and people with a lot of... sheriffs. Good people and bad people, but lots of drama, and to get a chance to be genuinely silly is a great treat for me.

I don't understand why people think it's harder to do drama than it is to do comedy.

I think when someone who's known for doing drama does a comedy but just tries to be funny, that's a mistake.

When someone asks if you want to play Brittany Murphy, who you idolized as a child and grew up loving and who you wanted to be, you can't say no. Even if it's the most terrifying thing someone asks you to do.

Doing drama is a very welcome departure from comedy. Although I love doing both, I like to change it up a bit once in a while with roles in serious drama.

Growing up, I loved drama and fantasies. I hated the Marx Brothers. I took all that confusion seriously.

I would have to say that I have to concentrate more when I'm doing comedy. There are so many details that make up any character, but developing a character for a dramatic role seems to come more naturally.

I often do very serious roles, but really I am a big clown.

There are some things that as an actor scare you, and if you can capture that fear on screen, it will be interesting.

Most actors will tell you that villains are the most interesting to play.