Leslie Mann
Leslie Mann
Leslie Mann is an American actress and comedian known for her roles in comedic films such as The Cable Guy, George of the Jungle, Big Daddy, Timecode, Perfume, Stealing Harvard, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, 17 Again, Funny People, Rio, The Change-Up, This Is 40, The Bling Ring, The Other Woman, Vacationand How to Be Single, many of which are collaborations with her husband, Judd Apatow. In 2012, Elle named her "Hollywood's queen of comedy."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth26 March 1972
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I don't understand why people think it's harder to do drama than it is to do comedy.
I like dark humor. My favorite movie of all time is 'Harold and Maude.'
Comedy is hard to do, and I don't know why it doesn't have its own category in awards. I don't understand why people think it's harder to do drama than it is to do comedy. It doesn't get respect. It's hard. It's really hard. It would be more gratifying to get something for a comedy, because it doesn't happen much or at all.
When I started auditioning, I'd take any audition I could get. The more dramatic ones didn't go as well as the comedic.
I like more grounded comedy. I enjoy broad comedies also, but I like Shirley MacLaine.
When I was in acting class, we did a lot of really serious scenes, and we didn't do comedic scenes. I felt like doing those scenes, it didn't come out of my mouth the right way. I don't know if it's because my voice is different, or what it is about me, but it just seemed a little off.
When I was 9, my parents let me take a cab to the mall all by myself. I had hardly any money to spend, but I did have a very specific list of things I wanted to do: buy cookies and sit on the furniture at Sears.
I've always been intrigued by the supernatural.
I observe a lot of you drunk people. What I do is I just let myself go there and fully commit to that drunk thing, not that I've ever done that myself. I've had a lot of practice. Let's be honest.
What I loved about [The Other Woman] movie was the same thing. It was three women who would never have come together for any other reason except that they had something in common which was this common cause, and that's really the feeling that I wanted this movie to have. It was a huge influence for it.
Nine to Five is actually one of my favorite movies. I watched it a thousand times when I was a child, literally a thousand times.
There's nothing in [The Other Woman] movie that feels like an R to us.
I've been married for 17 years and you know how the actors say, "It's really technical. Those scenes are not sexy. They're just so technical. It's like work." And I'm like, "That's bullshit."
Written by a woman automatically is better.