Emma Stone

My parents are both very funny but they're also relatively soft-spoken, normal human beings while I'm just a lunatic. I don't know where this loud, ballsy, hammy ridiculousness came from. I'm just glad I followed my goals and my parents did too. It's not like we even had a plan when I dragged my mom to Los Angeles.

American Actress

Win Butler

I was really sick of bands just ignoring the audience as a posture in rock music. And I think we fed off each other in terms of trying to engage the audience, not in a hammy way, but actually trying to be aware of the space that you are playing in and trying to connect in some way through the music.

American Musician

Sarah Greene

I move my face so much because I'm very much expressive. I'm told a lot, 'Stop moving your face'. Because on camera, the tiniest movement tells so much, and it looks really hammy.

English Entertainer

Bryce Harper

It's funny to me because everyone says I'm injury prone. That's hilarious to me because I've never blown a hammy or a shoulder or anything like that, knock on wood.

American Athlete

Gale Harold

If anyone can crack the publicity nut and figure out how to not come across hammy and contrived, I'd love to talk to them.

American Actor

Jeremy Scott

I'm an introverted extrovert. My job sets me apart, but I'm not hammy and don't need attention.

American Designer

Originates from actors overacting in theater; useful to describe similarly excessive behavior in any performance.

Theatrical Origins

Often implies a negative view of an overly dramatic and insincere performance, rather than being a compliment.

Negative Connotation

Sometimes used deliberately for comedy; excessive emotion or seriousness can be amusing.

Humorous Effect

Used to describe food that tastes, smells, or looks like ham; commonly for pork or smoke-flavored items.

Culinary Description

Only use this sense of 'hammy' when discussing food; it's not interchangeable with the acting-related meaning.

Specific to Context

Implies a rich, savory quality, often linked to smoke or cured flavors reminiscent of ham.

Nuances in Flavor

 keep talking don't worry little over end it it's over my hammy don't talk to me like that I know I know most boat it is I understand it okay threatening me you know promising you all right exactly

Hammy

Theatrical Origins

Negative Connotation

Humorous Effect

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