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Sometimes, comics will make the observation that it's not jokes that are funny, it's characters that are funny. And isn't that true! That's why I always kill jokes. I'm terrible at them, because I get the joke right, but I can't get the character right, and it just goes down like a lead balloon.

It's very hard to write humor.

I'm not good at telling a joke, but I can say a line in a certain way that makes people uncomfortable because they don't know whether to laugh or not, and I love that comedy.

If I'm in a serious play, I often think to myself, 'I could make that line funny.'

I've always found it easier to be funny than to be serious.

With comedy, don't try to be funny. That's really helped me. Just say the lines as you would say them, interact with other characters, and try to make it as real as possible. It will come out funny.

If I'm in something funny, I like to try and find some kind of serious line in it that people can relate to.

I don't laugh out loud at comics a lot.