Leighton: I think I’m funny!

Leighton Meester finds herself hilarious.

The former Gossip Girl star is making the move into comedy with upcoming movie Life Partners. However, Leighton admits in a new interview she sometimes struggles to translate her sense of humour onto the big screen.

“I think I’m really hilarious, but that doesn’t always translate,” Leighton told Collider.com. “I think it’s just your brand of humour and finding out where you fit in and what you think is funny. It just depends. The funniest joke in the world might not be that funny to you.

“It’s great when you can find out what your brand of humour is and work with people that are like-minded and have a grounded, real character. What’s great about this is that it’s based in real life, but they just use humour in ways that real people do, which is to deflect serious issues and as a way to be sarcastic and human, rather than this larger-than-life comedic thing. It’s really fun. There’s nothing better. It feels amazing to get a laugh.”

Leighton also revealed she relished the opportunity to star in a female-led comedy such as Life Partners. In the film, Leighton stars as Sasha, whose relationship with her best friend is put in danger when she meets a man, played by Leighton’s real-life husband Adam Brody.

“Being on set and being around not just female energy, but positive energy, in general,” Leighton said. “Productive, positive, empowering energy is really, really important. I think it’s really cool to say that we did this movie that’s directed, written, starring and about women, and people should go see it. I hope to just keep doing that exact thing.”