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People who take themselves too seriously, who can't see anything else, are usually funny.

I think that there's always room for humour in music. It's something that always takes itself so seriously, which I think is a bit of a shame.

I love to bring humour into my work. Because comedy is not a huge part of the art world. And big-business film takes itself very seriously.

I think people need to have fun with whatever they're doing - makeup, their clothes, music, live shows - anything you don't need to take too seriously, don't take too seriously.

People like light and silly, and they like stuff that's really energetic, and you get a character in a film bouncing around and screaming, people laugh. That's all it takes. I don't find that funny. To me, what's funny is dialogue and nuance of character and performance.

I guess ultimately a lot of comedians just wanna be taken 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.

When you take a character seriously, there's more room for comedy because you're not aware of how absurd you are.

If you record the world honestly, there's no way people can stop being funny. A lot of fiction writing doesn't get that idea, as if to acknowledge it would trivialize the story or trivialize human nature, when in fact human nature is reduced and falsified if the comic aspects are not included.

I like surprising my audiences, and it's compulsory to have fun and be silly; I never take myself quite too seriously.