Colton Haynes Quotes

Class clowns become actors.

If you are a great dramatic actor then you often don't know if people are enjoying your stuff at all because they are sitting there in silence. But with comedy it's a simple premise. If it's funny, people laugh. If it's not, they don't.

Bill Murray is a wonderful actor, and he's very funny, and I've seen him be serious and terrific.

I feel really comfortable with going for the reality of the drama, but I'm not much for the comedy of it. You have to make people laugh, or you have to be true to the character in such a way that makes people laugh. It's a whole different thing.

I got to play a funny part [in the The Master Of Disguise]. There was one thing my character did that involved flatulence and laughing at the same time - that was in the script - and that was basically what sold me on it. I really thought, "This can't help but be funny." And when I saw the film, I was proud that I'd had those moments.

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.

Outside of 'Justified,' I do like to keep it to comedy. When I'm not there, I try to seek out stuff that sort of more along the lighter fare. I have more fun on those sets than I do on drama sets just because when it's heavy, it's heavy, and it's hard to get away from it.

It's fun to do something funny and have the director laughing. It makes you feel good.

I'm no way one of those comedians who want to do drama. I really do love comedies. I hope to go back to it.

I'd love to do a really juicy drama that's just really real. On the comedy side, I'd love to do something like '21 Jump Street.' I cannot stop watching that movie. Really funny, really extreme comedies are definitely my favorite.

I think actors who take things too far are funny.

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

I like drama. I love being in a drama where I get to be the funny guy. That's what I really love the most.

'Last Man Standing' is overall a lot of comedy. And I love doing that.

I don't do drama. I'm a comedian.

A lot of people who do drama say comedy is the hardest thing, but, not wanting to sound like a bighead, comedy is easy for me, as I've always been fairly funny.

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.

I think it's always funny when you see kids do Shakespeare.

It's fun once in a while to do a serious part but I really enjoy doing comedy because I love to laugh.

Drama is easy to fool people with, but you can't trick people into laughing.

I like making people laugh, so drama was never a big leap for me.

I've always wanted to work in comedy.

I always saw myself as a comedic actor and wacky best friend.

My husband and I are both actors; we're obviously dramatic.

The characters I play are tough, but I love laughing and humor.