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I am a passionate believer that comedy is a way of tackling some of the most dark and difficult aspects of being a human being.

I've been lucky enough to play many different roles from darker characters to family orientated shows to comedy.

I'm not at all funny. I can do dark comedy pretty well, but straight-up comedy, I don't know. I'm much darker. I've been like that since I was 3 years old.

Theater people say you are either a comedian or a tragedian, and I'm a tragedian. And the vexing, dark characters, the ones where I don't understand their pain or their anguish, they are the characters that appeal to me.

I'm always drawn towards the darker stuff, because I think it's just a lot more interesting. But it's also good fun doing the comedy, and I think that's why 'Misfits' has been great in that way, as you get a really good balance. I think it's best to try and do everything as an actor, really.

I've played comedy before but not that much. I mostly do get drawn to darker material.

The older I've gotten, the more the need to exert comedy no matter how tragic a character I may be portraying because they are essentials for presenting truth.

I prefer comedies when they come from a dark kind of place and have a reality to it.

Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it.

It's always been said that comedy comes mostly out of the dark side anyway.