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'''[[Rowan Atkinson]]:''' Definitely not, as this interview is probably proving. }}
[[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: The comedy counterpart of [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]].
Some people have a great talent for comedy, and are absolutely hilarious onscreen. Everyone expects them to be hilarious all the time. Not the case. Comedy is difficult to do well, and often takes a lot of planning and writing. These comedians are some of the greatest in the field, but they were/are very serious or dry in real life.
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* '''[[Brent Spiner]]''' as a Data is also an inversion - a completely emotionless character played by an utter goofball of an actor.
** Speaking of ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Next Generation]]'' the uptight and stuffy Worf was played by easygoing and laid-back Michael Dorn, who has also described himself as a bit of a giggler.
* '''[[Best in Show|Christopher]] [[A Mighty Wind|Guest]]''' has said that many people are disappointed when they find out that he's not non-stop hilarious IRL. According to [[The Princess Bride (Film)|Cary Elwes and Robin Wright]], he also doubles as a [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]].
** He's actually known for coming across as fairly prickly in interviews, though often because he strongly dislikes questions about his personal life.
* '''Jerome "Curly" Howard''' of ''[[The Three Stooges]]'' fame was a plucky, chatterbox, bumbling clown who excelled at madcap physical comedy on camera. In real life, he suffered from crippling shyness and barely spoke to anyone he didn't know.
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** Much like Rowan Atkinson, he is a perfectionist, and does several takes until he believes he's got a funny one. Because [[Bum Reviews (Web Video)|Bum Reviews]] and [[Ask That Guy With the Glasses (Web Video)|Ask That Guy With the Glasses]] are improvised, the raw footage is said to contain long pauses.
* '''Bhargav "Bargo" Dronamraju''' from is perhaps the [[Large Ham|largest ham]] out of all the contributors on [[That Guy With the Glasses]].com, particularly in his performance as [[Captain Planet and The Planeteers|Ma-Ti]]. Outside of his acting, he's pretty laconic, and barely says a word during Doug and Rob's commentary for their review of ''[[The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (Film)|The Garbage Pail Kids Movie]]'', even though he's there for the majority of the recording. He's also pretty serious during his Transmission Awesome interview.
** [[Cloudcuckoolander|And then he starts talking about]] [[What Do You Mean
* '''Paul Reubens''' is this when he's not playing Pee-Wee Herman. During a promotional interview for Mystery Men, he managed to get through the first few minutes without saying a word.
* '''[[Charlie Adler]]''' might play some of the most insane characters but in person he is very serious to the point of depressing.
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* '''[[Harrison Ford]]''' is known for charismatic and interesting characters like [[Star Wars|Han Solo]] and [[Indiana Jones]], but he is known for being a rather reserved individual who sometimes needs a good interviewer asking the right questions to make his interviews interesting. Even under the right circumstances he has a very sardonic sense of humor, which is likely where Ford meets Solo and Jones.
* '''[[Kevin Smith]]''' has said that he's not really that funny when he's in a small group of people. It's when he's in front of an entire theatre full of people that he's funny, otherwise he just kind of shuts up. This tends to confuse his wife's friends, who have been told that one of the reasons she married him is because he makes her laugh.
** This might qualify as an [[Informed Flaw]], though; if you listen to his primary [http://www.smodcast.com/somanytochoosefrom.html Podcast] (essentially just him and his [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|blue oni]] producer Scott Mosier recording their conversations once a week), he can be ''incredibly'' funny. As they've known each other for years, it could also be a case of opening up in the right company.
* '''[[Hugh Laurie]]''', who suffers from depression, is extremely quiet and insecure when not given a script. This was most notable during the first episode of ''[[QI]]'', when [[Stephen Fry]] thought it would be very nice to have his best friend on the panel for the show's introduction. Laurie said about ten words.
** [[Stephen Fry]] has said that, in private, Hugh is the funnier, smarter one, although he denies this.
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