Love Quote by Richard Briers

There is a quiet defiance in how Richard Briers frames comedy here: not as a consolation prize, but as the main event. When he calls Hector “eccentric” and “funny,” he’s not apologizing for lightness; he’s staking a claim for a kind of performance that’s too often treated as lesser than prestige drama. The line “playing for laughs for decades” carries the subtext of craft and endurance. Comedy isn’t something he stumbled into; it’s a long-term discipline, and he’s earned the right to sound pleased with his own groove.

The quote also does a neat bit of reputation management. “It takes me back” hints that the role reconnects him with an earlier, perhaps purer version of himself - before casting, industry trends, or aging pushed him toward safer, more dignified parts. “Which is fine by me” reads as genial, but it’s also a boundary: he’s not auditioning for anyone’s approval.

Most revealing is the final escalation: “It’s lovely to get a laugh; it’s the best thing in the world!” That’s not just performer gratitude; it’s a philosophy of exchange. Laughter is immediate, public, and measurable, unlike the private, delayed validation of awards culture. Briers is reminding us that acting can be about communion as much as transformation - and that making people laugh, consistently, is its own kind of gravitas.