Trying to look cool and lovely in comedy is a recipe for disaster. You have to let go. Lucy Punch More Quotes by Lucy Punch More Quotes From Lucy Punch I'm a really good dinner party guest. I am always so appreciative, impressed that anyone has even managed to turn on the oven and cook for me. Lucy Punch dinner party guests I tend to eat geographically. When I'm in L.A., I like to eat L.A. food. Lucy Punch I always find it funny when I watch actors talking about, "I chose to do this part." A lot of times it's you're lucky to get the job. We're like, "Thank you so much." Lucy Punch talking jobs watches Do your best with what you have where you are. Lucy Punch today-not-tomorrow new-beginnings words-of-wisdom To be honest, and I may regret saying this, the idea of playing the same character for a very long time is very daunting to me. Lucy Punch regret character ideas My mother loved Gene Wilder when I was growing up, so I used to watch all his movies with her. I just adore him. Lucy Punch growing-up mother watches The actors I admire, like Ben Kingsley or Daniel Day-Lewis, they totally reinvent themselves in every part. I hope I get a chance to do that. Lucy Punch admire actors chance I always played the ugly sister instead of Cinderella or the Wicked Witch. But those are the parts I love, and actually, to be a character actress, you have more longevity, hopefully. Lucy Punch ugly wicked character People ask why I always play crazy people and free spirits. I guess it is because I like to have fun. But I am more ambitious than your average free spirit. This job is hard enough that, without drive and hard work, you will never make it work. Lucy Punch i-am you hard-work work When I was 11, I had an Ugly Sister birthday party. All my idea. Most girls want to be a fairy or a princess, but there I am with beauty spots and fur and fluorescent pink kiss-curls. Lucy Punch i-am ugly birthday beauty I am terrified of being misjudged by thousands of faceless Twitterers. Lucy Punch am i-am being faceless Someone told me I had funny facial expressions. I don't know whether I take that as a compliment or not, but. Lucy Punch someone know me funny I am very chaotic; I am always late and walking into things. Lucy Punch i-am always late walking I was very chatty and talkative and always getting sent out of class for talking too much and not paying attention, passing notes. Lucy Punch always too-much attention talking I did buy 'The Sun' a few times, but I just don't read the tabloids. Sometimes they can have genius witty headlines, but that's all. There's nothing to read. Lucy Punch nothing genius sun sometimes I personally do not find puke funny. I find it disgusting. Lucy Punch personally find disgusting funny I never feel comfortable! I'm always anxious. I'm always all over the board. That said, I like doing comedy because it's easy to tell when you're getting it right because people laugh, and you can hear it, and they're smiling, and you can see it. Lucy Punch laugh feel you people If you can make people laugh, you know you're getting it right; it's an instant pat on the back. Lucy Punch laugh know you people That's nice, to be compared to Joanna Lumley. She played my mother once in 'Ella Enchanted.' I was one of the ugly sisters, and she was the stepmother, so that was great. I'll take that comparison, thank you. Lucy Punch great you mother thank-you What I like in L.A. is that it's a lot more brutal. In England it's, 'Have a cup of tea, have a chat,' and you still don't get the part. In L.A. you go in, do your bit, and if they don't like you, you're straight out again. In a sense, that's more honest. Lucy Punch your go you tea
