I love doing comedy. Absolutely love it. After 'Wedding

In the words of Jane Seymour—“I love doing comedy. Absolutely love it. After ‘Wedding Crashers,’ people suddenly realized that it was something I could do.”—we hear the cry of an artist long hidden behind expectation, now unveiled in a new light. She speaks not of discovery alone, but of recognition, for the gift was always hers, though unseen. The world, blinded by past images, only awakened to her joy in comedy after Wedding Crashers. Thus, it is not only the artist who must prove herself, but the audience who must learn to see anew.

The ancients knew well that talents lie dormant until circumstance calls them forth. Consider the tale of Demosthenes, mocked in youth for a weak voice and stammering speech. Yet through perseverance, he became Athens’ greatest orator, his power revealed only when the city faced its darkest trials. Seymour’s laughter, like Demosthenes’ words, was always within her—yet it required a moment of revelation for others to believe. Such is the way of life: the flame may burn quietly, until one spark sets it ablaze before all eyes.

There is in her words also the triumph of joy over confinement. For too often the world confines us to narrow roles: the Bond girl, the beauty, the dramatic figure. But Seymour’s embrace of comedy shows that the human spirit is not a statue bound in marble; it is a river, flowing, surprising, reshaping its course. The wisdom here is clear: we must not let the world’s vision limit our own becoming.

Think too of Julius Caesar, known first as a general, but revealed later as a writer of unmatched clarity, whose commentaries still endure. His greatness lay not only in conquest but in the breadth of his gifts. So too Seymour, in embracing comedy, showed that one’s worth is not bound to a single face but is many-sided, radiant in variety.

Thus, let this teaching endure: do not wait for the world to tell you who you are. Delight in the gifts you hold, and when chance uncovers them, let them shine all the brighter. For recognition may come late, but joy comes now—and to love one’s art, as Seymour loves comedy, is to touch eternity, for laughter is a gift that binds generations across the ages.