You learn, even at 'S.N.L.,' that the funniest scripts a lot of the time were written with the actor, because they know what makes people laugh. It's always going to be better if they own it.
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What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
I think the more the actor lets you know what he thinks of the character, the less the audience cares - like a comedian who laughs at his own jokes.
You can't substitute the act of making people laugh. It's definitely something that actors like to do.
I came from the Groundlings Theatre in L.A., and there, you're guaranteed to at least try something out in front of an audience. At 'SNL,' only the best stuff gets picked, and it's taught me a very defined language of comedy. You learn the structure of a joke, which is not something I was very good at beforehand.
It's fun to do something funny and have the director laughing. It makes you feel good.
The funniest people are usually the best actors, I believe.
As an actor you get categorized by other people, but it's not like I arrange myself into comedy mode or serious mode. If it's good writing you just have to play it true - if it's funny, it's funny. But obviously you don't want it to be amusing if you're playing Hedda Gabler!
A lot of our favorite comedies in general are usually directed by writers, whether or not they wrote the original script themselves.
God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny.
Some actors try to play parts and do things they can't do. Being funny is one of them. Being funny's hard.
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