Why did God have to make Mo'Nique a good actress? What was God thinking when he decided to give Mo'Nique acting chops. Now we have to endure Mo'Nique comedy specials.
My gift was in comedy. I found out I could make jokes. I could tell jokes. I could write them. So over the years, that's what I've done.
It is not necessary to have a good sense of humour personally to do comedy well.
I think good actors tend to be really funny.
I can make people laugh at the drop of a dime. God's given me that ability.
I'm a very funny person that doesn't get the chance to do a lot of comedy, and the same thing with my accents.
I've always been told I was funny.
I found I had the ability to do comedy. My timing was really inborn.
To say it very honestly, removed from ego, standup is just a thing that I understood, a God-given ability.
I am not a natural show-off. Some of the monster comedians are terrifyingly assured, and I don't have that, and that's held me back.
It is hard enough to be good at all, but to be good in comedy speaks for your character.
Some people are funny, and some people are not funny. Many people who are not funny can make a living at it. You don't have to be great to make a living at it. Just like a doctor who doesn't have to be great can still make a living out of it.
A lot of comics make good actors. Actors make bad comics. They can't do it the other way round.
My friends were the class clowns, but I was the one in class doing Michael Jordan or teachers for no reason. I've always been amazing at impersonating real people, too, rather than celebrities.
I have seven brothers and sisters, and they could all be standup comics!
I had a flair for comedy and could give a sustained performance.
I think you're born with a comedy gene, and you can't teach timing, and you can't teach satire, pathos.
You can't just expect anyone to turn comedian because it's something that should come naturally, but not when forced on someone.
Comedy is a meritocracy. If you are funny, you are there. If you are not, you are out.
Bobby Ball, who plays my dad in 'Not Going Out,' is very funny. He has a magical sense for comedy that nobody has been able to replicate.
Funniness is genetic.
In my career spanning over two decades, I've never felt that comedy is a department everybody can excel in because it's an art and only a few are blessed with the talent to entertain.
My friends say I make them laugh a lot, so I think that somewhere in me is a little comedic ability that comes out in the most inappropriate or unexpected moments. I did a lot of sketch comedy years ago. That's always in me.
I don't want to be a facilitator for other funny people. It doesn't seem smart for me to be in a comedy and not be funny. My spirit can't take it.
As an actor myself, the opportunity to sing and dance and be dramatic and be funny - it's really irresistible to actors. You get to show all sides of your talent.
