Being a funny person does an awful lot of things to you. You feel that you mustn't get serious with people. They don't expect it from you, and they don't want to see it. You're not entitled to be serious, you're a clown.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm not a very serious person. You know how they say that clowns are very funny in public and are really sad at home? I'm really kind of stupid at home and more serious in public.
As a kid, I thought of myself as a funny person who secretly wanted to be serious, but now I think maybe I'm a serious person who secretly wants to be funny.
People want me to be funny all the time. They think I'm being funny no matter what I say or do and that's not the case.
I seem to get into situations that make people laugh, but I don't consider myself that funny of a person. I'm not witty. I'm kind of slow in conversations. I'm not that articulate with jokes. The first time I made stuff and screened it for an audience, I was surprised what people were laughing at.
People who take themselves too seriously, who can't see anything else, are usually funny.
Some people expect me to be funny all the time, and I'm not necessarily funny all the time.
People think I am funny all the time. But I am not. I am serious, too. Also, I enjoy serious, dramatic films.
There's something very authentic about humor, when you think about it. Anybody can pretend to be serious. But you can't pretend to be funny.
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
As far as I can tell, comedians are pretty serious people, and that's why they make fun of things all of the time.