- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Comic Relief Quotes
The craft behind being the funny one.
Several actors here talk about playing comic relief on purpose — deliberately bad singing for the Comic Relief charity, or being the lighter half of an otherwise dark Character.
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- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
My roles in comedies from 'Austin Powers' to 'Tommy Boy' to 'Wayne's World,' were sort of comedic 'straight man' parts. My character on 'Parks & Recreation' is the comic relief in a comedy. To play a character that appears strictly for laughs is sort of new for me and really fun.
- Comic
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- Nov 07, 2020
Accents are not for comic relief anymore; they root the character to the place they're from.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
The nature of an ensemble means when you're a supporting character and not the lead character, you get little tidbits here and there, but you're usually there to provide bits of comic relief and little bits of action or something.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm sort of the comic relief after a hard day at work. My message is that it's OK to relax.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing I thought about doing it was it's Comic Relief and you've got to be funny. So although I did try to sing properly it obviously has hilarious results when you can't sing.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think on 'Third Watch' that I was the comic relief on a lot of that. I mean, I definitely had dark moments, but people tended to think he was funny even if the character himself wasn't having a fun time.
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't realize House would be the central character, more the bitter comic relief appearing occasionally. I relish his wounded nature - the lameness, the scarred Byronic hero.
- Gay
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- Nov 07, 2020
The gay community has had a sometimes tumultuous relationship with non-queer people coming to their shows because it was tourism, like using the queer spaces as a form of comic relief or entertainment.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to play the comic relief or parts that aren't necessarily comedic but that I can find the comedy in.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once upon a time, they thought I was a sweet, wide-eyed boy that was just trying to figure out how to kiss the girl. Lots of comic relief and adolescent yearnings.
- Emergency
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- Nov 07, 2020