Melanie on Comedy:

“I love all kinds of humor, from low to high, but I don't believe in going 'over the top' without a bottom. I try to bring a palpable vulnerability even to wacko characters in the broadest comedy.”

“As a comic actor, you've always got that 'witness' factor going on, just like all the meditation teachers promote. You're watching the life depicted as an onlooker a bit, so you go more broad than deep. Things don't hurt quite so badly in a comedy, although you play the painalmost the same. People love to laugh at others' pain. . .sad, but true. . .and funny!”