In comedy you have to be willing to not take yourself seriously, you know? I take comedy really seriously, and so to take comedy seriously, you must not, you cannot, ever take yourself seriously.
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I love comedy because I can laugh at myself. I don't take myself too seriously.
Regardless of what kind of film, the number one rule of comedy is to never take yourself too seriously and then the next rule is you can't have any self-consciousness, otherwise it kills the laugh, and that will never change.
It's funny, a lot of people think I take myself seriously because I come off so serious sometimes. But it's not that I take myself seriously, I take what I do seriously.
It's okay to take yourself too seriously if you're a serious actor and you've got the scrubs on. And then with me, it's kind of like, well, I'm a comedian, I'm making fun of everybody and everything. And I'm making fun of myself. I'm having fun making fun of and for other people.
I don't take myself seriously. Others should take me seriously, I don't.
When you take a character seriously, there's more room for comedy because you're not aware of how absurd you are.
I guess ultimately a lot of comedians just wanna be taken seriously.
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
I try not to take myself too seriously.
As far as I can tell, comedians are pretty serious people, and that's why they make fun of things all of the time.
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