I think when someone who's known for doing drama does a comedy but just tries to be funny, that's a mistake.
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Doing drama is, in a sense, easier. In doing comedy, if you don't get that laugh, there's something wrong.
I don't understand why people think it's harder to do drama than it is to do comedy.
Comedy, at least the way I write comedy, is just drama with jokes.
Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment.
I think it's actually a misperception that I am a comedic actress. I do more drama than comedy but very little of it has been seen. When you are in big funny movies and they do well and your little part in it kind of explodes people perceive you as a comedian.
Comedy has to be so much cleaner than drama. You can't layer it in the way you can a dramatic performance. Which is why it's more difficult than drama - you don't have so many tricks.
When you do a good comedy show, you have to understand that if you don't have drama or sad moments, then the comedy turns into a clowning kind of situation.
An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.
To be perfectly honest, drama is a lot simpler than comedy.
People think comedians don't do drama. Comics are drama. And what is drama, as opposed to comedy? It's all the same to me.