Comedy Distinction Quotes

Everyone was doing alternative comedy. I thought I'd distinguish myself by just telling jokes, with differing degrees of success.

I am not a comedian, I am an actor.

I have worked with a great many comedians as opposed to comics, although I have worked with comics as well, I make the distinction.

I'm not a comedienne. I'm an actress.

I've never considered myself a comedian. I'm a comedic actor.

I'm not a comic. I'm a humorist.

Many people mistakenly think of farce as broad low comedy. In fact, it's polished high comedy.

I used to think it was clever to confuse comedy with tragedy. Now I wish I could distinguish them.

I've been doing comedies but I'm not a comedian.

One of the biggest misconceptions about me is that I'm a comedian, which I'm not. A comedian is someone who can stand up in front of an audience and make you laugh. I've never done stand-up and I never will. I'm a comic actor. My comedy comes through my characters.

I didn't want to be a comedian. I wanted to be an actor - maybe a comic actor, but a real actor - by real, I mean not a comedian. I wanted to be an actor.