I get bored with the constant probing for the cliched tears of the clown, the dark side of the comic.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't feel any need to play the role of the clown. In my private life I take a break from humor.
I think we all have the urge to be a clown, whether we know it or not.
It's interesting to explore the darker side, but the hero piece is interesting as well. It's like choosing between comedy or drama. I like to do both.
Comics are in my blood. It's my strange addiction, and I love it.
I get frustrated by the fact that comics go on stage with some kind of agenda beyond comedy - I'm not sure it should be about that.
As a child, I was a clown. I didn't hesitate to make a fool of myself and I would love to completely take on wacky characters.
I actually gravitate toward comedy a lot when it comes to what I'm watching, but maybe that's because I've been on such dark work the last four or five years.
I don't see any division between the comic and the tragic. I feel like I'm writing about serious things, and humour is one of my tools. It's not contrived, just part of my world, part of the way things are to me.
I enjoy comedic things. People don't understand it's the hardest thing to do. We have a ratio of 25-to-1 between good dramatic actors and people who are considered good comic actors.
Years have passed since I have set foot in a comedy club. If the comic is doing badly it's painful, and if the comic is doing brilliantly, it's extremely painful.