Light and funny has a more compelling quality when you’re younger. But I haven’t abandoned the genre: I love falling down I love Lucille Ball. It’s just that a lot of those stories revolve around problems that I can’t convincingly portray at this age.

Roberts is reflecting on how age and credibility shape an actor’s relationship to genre. She suggests that broad, physical, “light and funny” comedy—exemplified by slapstick and Lucille Ball’s pratfalls—can feel more naturally aligned with youth, when certain romantic or coming‑of‑age predicaments are plausible on screen. Yet she resists the idea that maturity requires abandoning comedy: her affection for physical humor remains, but she is attentive to the kinds of stories typically built around it and whether they fit her current stage of life. The quote underscores a performer’s ongoing negotiation between personal evolution, audience expectations, and the narrative conventions of film comedy.