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The energy in a comedy is very serious. Somebody said comedy is a tragedy plus time. When you have a tragedy, for example, like this, like, 'We're going to die,' and you have time, like, five hours to die, it becomes a comedy.
Javier Camara
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I had fears going into television that it might become boring to me, and I always like to be challenged, push myself. You do a film, and you know where you're going; you have this material to stretch and play with as much as possible because you know how it ends.
Norman Reedus
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Comedy is tragedy plus time, but the time is different for everybody.


Mike Birbiglia
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I trained in Shakespeare, and that's all comedy, even when it's tragedy.


Olivia Thirlby
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Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.


Charlie Chaplin
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There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.


Erma Bombeck
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When your first marriage goes into tragedy, you become very battle-scarred... I even thought of suicide. Luckily, I had known some happy marriages.
Paul Engle
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A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.


Mary Kay Ash
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I like to stretch my acting muscles.


Samantha Morton
When you're playing King Lear, you have to have a little humour, or you will have no tragedy when the king dies.
Robert Wilson
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I try to always stretch myself to fit the characters that have been presented.


Kathy Bates
I do think that there are certain parts, if you are lucky enough to play them, that are bigger than you, and they stretch you. I don't think you become a bigger person, but you develop certain muscles you didn't have before.
Harriet Walter
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At least in making an action film, there's always going to be someone who wants to see a car chase. Even if a lot of the people don't like it, there will be a lot of people that do. But bad comedy is just garbage.
Jason Statham
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I was a very special child. I did stand-up comedy. I did it all. My family didn't understand. 'Aren't you tired?' I'm like, 'No.' I'm like an insomniac, I hardly sleep, I'm always on the move.
Alessandra Torresani
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My family's always been really funny. I feel like comedy's hard. I feel like it's so important.


Christine Taylor
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When I started acting, my whole focus and intention was to work as a stage actor in a company where you're asked to different roles - do a comedy, do a tragedy, etc. I haven't had any reservations about jumping from one type of genre to another.
Kyle MacLachlan
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I've always been a guy who likes to stretch my limits - to find out if I have any, really.


Daryl Hall
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My philosophy is, it's always very rewarding when you can make an audience laugh. I don't mind making fun of myself. I like self-deprecating comedy. But I'd like you to laugh with me occasionally, too.
Dwayne Johnson
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That's been the tragedy of my life, actually. I've always looked younger than I am.


Roger Rees
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The world, whether we like it or not, will become more and more borderless.


John Key
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