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I consider my comedy to be dramatic comedy. I always wanted music underscoring the dramatic monologue. It was always drama with comedy, in my head. -- Molly Shannon
Although according to certain philosophers it is quite difficult to distinguish the jester from the melancholic, life itself being a comic drama or a dramatic comedy. -- Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont
I would love to do a dramatic comedy. All of that, it all interests me. At some point I want to do my 'Monster,' like Charlize Theron, so I'm buckling up for that. -- Eliza Coupe
Some of the best dramatic actors have started in comedy. -- J. B. Smoove
After 20 years of doing comedy, I find dramatic work more challenging. -- Marla Gibbs
I feel like I work on scripts for comedy as well as dramatic stuff the same. -- Rachael Harris
I like to watch comedies; the most dramatic that I used to get was 'Forrest Gump.' -- Evan Peters
As for doing more dramatic work over comedy, I do whatever turns me on at the moment. -- Sandra Bullock
I was really more interested in dramatic work, but I thought, 'Well, I guess I could do comedy.' -- Donny Most
A comedy that is ironic, sometimes bitter, in some cases even dramatic, tragic: This is what Italian comedy is. -- Mario Monicelli
Americans have always been excellent at making romantic comedies - but dramatically, we don't really try to do it. -- James Gray
I was in the play 'Fat Pig in the West End,' which is a comedy but has dramatic moments. -- Robert Webb
Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter. -- Chuck Jones
Some of the things I've been in are comedic, but I don't get considered for true comedies because I'm a 'dramatic' actor. -- Noah Emmerich
I think if I have any kind of unique gift, it's more in the comedy area than it is in the dramatic area. -- Susan Sullivan
Usually, comedy shows only influence other comedy shows. 'M*A*S*H' is one of the few comedies that influenced dramatic shows as well. -- Alan Alda
Life is dramatic and comedic at times. Sometimes in the most dramatic situations, there is comedy. And good comedy comes from a sense of reality. -- Constance Marie
I haven't done much comedy; I would love to. I love doing dramatic roles, but I'd love to do comedy. I think it would be refreshing. -- Richard Harmon
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I do think, oddly, that a comedic actor has a better chance of pulling off a dramatic role than a great dramatic actor has of being able to pull off a highly comedic role. -- Lizzy Caplan
I just like comedy in general. My film work, which has been at times more dramatic, has been satisfying. But I never feel quite as good and as light and blissful as when I'm doing comedy. -- Ty Burrell
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The great amount of fun that I have is I can cast dramatic actors to play comedic roles, and I can cast comedic actors to play dramatic roles because, really, there's no such thing. There's just actors. -- Noah Hawley
I've always thought that comedy was just another dramatic expression. -- Harold Ramis
I really think that you can extract a lot of comedy out of really dramatic, intense situations. -- Jason Gann
I was really more interested in dramatic work, but I thought, 'Well, I guess I could do comedy. -- Don Most
There is a lot of comedy in magic, and magic going wrong, and also it is a dramatic subject. -- J. K. Rowling
I have other tastes besides comedy. I love comedy. I adore it, but I love dramatic movies just as much. -- Jonah Hill
As a writer, I haven't delved into dramatic writing. As an actor, I could always, even more so than comedy, do drama. -- Jonah Hill
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You can think of Hollywood as high school. TV actors are freshmen, comedy actors are maybe juniors, and dramatic actors - they're the cool seniors. -- Owen Wilson
I like dramatic stuff, and I have a goofball side, too. I like to do comedy and off-beat things as much as something really, really serious. -- Martin Henderson
I'd always wanted to be a dramatic. Comedy comes more naturally to me. I can do it with more facility. So I feel more comfortable with it. -- Woody Allen
The more you're able to understand how to do a good dramatic performance, that can inform your comedy. It all informs one another. And it keeps everything interesting. -- Nick Kroll

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