Seriousness quotes

“I guess ultimately a lot of comedians just wanna be taken seriously.”
Will Ferrell

“Maggie Smith is an amazing woman, and not as serious in real life.”
Allen Leech On Maggie Smith

“- Gabi Silva: Why you don't take me seriously?
- Larry Bejerano: Seriously?
- Gabi Silva: Yeah.
- Larry Bejerano: This entire relationship is based upon me *not* taking you seriously.”
Laia Costa - Gabi Silva
Danny Huston - Larry Bejerano

“The deadly thing in my job is to attach too much meaning to everything. You have to have a sense of humor about yourself...”
Adam Driver

“I often do very serious roles, but really I am a big clown.”
Rose Byrne

“- Annie: I promised Elvis he could help. I even did a spit shake.
- Glenn: You did a spit shake with someone? Man that is serious.”
Jayne Atkinson - Annie
Michael Madsen - Glenn

“- Spock: I do not believe you realize the gravity of your situation.
- Kirk: Gravity was foremost on my mind.”
Leonard Nimoy - Spock
William Shatner - James T. Kirk

“- D'Artagnan: Why's Athos sitting by himself?
- Aramis: He takes his drinking very seriously. Not to worry; he'll be his usual charming self by morning.”
Chris O'Donnell - D'Artagnan
Charlie Sheen - Aramis

“Stop smiling! Lay back. Lay back. Hold it, hold it, hold it. Candy, Casey very good. You're gonna do it again Victoria. Gary, Danny, let's go. Stop smiling, its not the high school play.”

Roy Scheider - Joe Gideon

“You don't have to take yourself so seriously all the time.”
Evan Rachel Wood

“I thought if I wanted people to take me seriously, I needed to act serious and not reveal too much of my private life.”
John Corbett

“It would be terribly boring to be earnest.”
Adrien Brody

“I love doing comedy, and I don't get a chance to much. I get to play lots of serious people and killers.”
William Sadler

“Every actor should take work seriously, that's why they're actors.”
Harry Fielder

“I do a lot of serious stuff, but I'm not a very serious guy.”
Bruce Greenwood

“I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination.”
Dame Judi Dench

“I wasn't really serious about acting - I was serious about baseball.”
Kurt Russell

“- Lynn Faulkner: We're lucky, right now we are.
- Juvenal: You sound very solemn.
- Lynn Faulkner: Yeah, I have to watch that. The most important thing you can do in life is to not take it too seriously.”
Bridget Fonda - Lynn Faulkner
Skeet Ulrich - Juvenal

“- Skip Donahue: She's not for you.
- Harry Monroe: What do you mean, she's not for me?
- Skip Donahue: Harry, Nancy is a fascinating girl. She may be the single hottest girl on the East Side. But when you wake up in the morning you'll find that she's not a very serious person.
- Harry Monroe: Neither am I!”
Gene Wilder - Skip Donahue
Richard Pryor - Harry Monroe

“Being serious doesn't mean you have to be solemn.”
Skeet Ulrich - Juvenal

“- Roland T. Flakfizer: Lillian, I could make love to you right here.
- Lillian Oglethorpe: Roland, let's keep this professional.
- Roland T. Flakfizer: Fine. I'll charge you fifty bucks a pop.”
John Turturro - Roland T. Flakfizer
Nancy Marchand - Lillian Oglethorpe

“- Gil Renard: And what I want you to do, Bobby, is I want you to stand up and tell the 50 million viewers that this home run is dedicated to Gil, a true fan. What do you think?
- Bobby Rayburn: I can't believe you're serious.
- Gil Renard: I'm as serious as a heart attack, Bobby.”

Robert De Niro - Gil Renard
Wesley Snipes - Bobby Rayburn

“The American Revolution was not a goddamned vaudeville show!”

Alan Alda - Michael Burgess

“The President addressed a joint session of Congress yesterday. He said he wasn't gonna back down on the blockade. I don't know which was scarier, the speech or the Congress cheering it. He evoked Lincoln. Whenever a president is gonna get us into serious trouble, they always use Lincoln.”
James McEachin - Victor Milson

“- Bailiff: The case is about custody of a dog.
- Judge Cranfield: All right, I'll take it, but we have to do this seriously. I will not have my courtroom turned into some kind of a circus.”
Frank C. Turner - Bailiff
Eric Christmas - Judge Cranfield