People who don't know me think I'm so serious. I'm a prankster; I like to have fun with the people who know me better.
I've heard that my father was a really funny man in company, but I never got to see that side of him. I was just 17 when he died, and he didn't know that I was funny.
Humor is a blessing to me. My earliest recollections are of looking at something and seeing the lighter side. But it's always spontaneous. I couldn't write a comedy skit for someone else.
If you're going through a divorce and you're in a comedy you have to find some way to find the funny side of things even though you might not want to.
I tend to head for what's amusing because a lot of things aren't happy. But usually you can find a funny side to practically anything.
How happy is the Optimist / To whom life shows its sunny side / His horse may lose, his ship may list, / But he always sees the funny side.
The great thing is that the funny side of getting old is fuel for my comedy.
My mum taught me always to see the funny side of things.
I believe in accepting whatever life offers with a laugh. So if things are dark and terrible, I try to find the funny side to it. Probably that's why I gravitate towards comedy.
Yes, illness is serious, but the indignities are also funny. And that defines my world view.
Seeing the funny side of life is useful, and I've always had a sense of humour.
Many comedians have a dark side that lets them take a negative thing and turn it funny.
