When I did comedy I made fun of myself. If there was a buffoon, I played the buffoon.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
During my theatre days, I was more comfortable doing comedy. It's such an irony. I have always played a buffoon on stage, and yet I don't have any comic role to my credit.
I've always had a reputation as a buffoon.
Once I became a total buffoon, it was so liberating.
I don't mind being a buffoon.
I've played villains on stage - you know, the Iagos and so on - but I think of myself as a funny person. I mostly did comedies before I did TV work.
Now, where does my comedy come from, like, as a human being? Yeah, when I was a kid I was dyslexic and had to go to special-ed every day and felt stupid about that and got very witty to defend myself.
I was sort of the class-clown type, and I was also in school plays, and I always liked comedy.
People used to think of me as a comedy actor.
I try to give all my characters a sense of humor, so I guess I feel like I have done comedy, but maybe I'm better known for drama.
You're never going to see me playing a buffoon.