Ari Graynor Quotes About Comedy
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I don't think there's anything more scary than being forced into doing stand-up comedy.
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I think the world of comedy is a relatively small community, and especially for women in comedy, there just aren't that many people involved.
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I was a precocious only child, and then I went through a fat, awkward stage for several years, so I learned to fall back on my humor and personality when I was growing up. It's how you survive, so I think it was more of a natural progression for me, developing into comedy.
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Comedy is funny when it comes from truth, and that's always the rule of them. It's about how far you can push that boundary.
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There's a certain truism that you can't be self-conscious in comedy. If I'm in it and if there's a scene that has a great set-up, I will go as far as somebody will let me.
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Working with David Gordon Green, and Jonah Hill, and Michael Cera, and Drew Barrymore, and all of those people - those are the best people in comedy to work with. Anna Faris. You know, that's my goal, to keep learning and to just keep working with the best people I can. And yeah, we do all hang out, and we all kind of know each other.
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Stand-up comedy is still a very male-dominated world. You look at a set list and maybe there's one woman on there.
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Regardless of what kind of film, the number one rule of comedy is to never take yourself too seriously and then the next rule is you can't have any self-consciousness, otherwise it kills the laugh, and that will never change.
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As an actor, when you're doing comedies, you're around fantastic, funny people and you hopefully have a really good time doing it.
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