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- Nov 07, 2020
Laugh Quotes
Quotes about making people laugh, and why it matters.
Several quotes here come from comedians talking shop - inventing answers for interviewers, building prop comedy on the fly, choosing stand-up over acting because making a room laugh felt more honest. Funny is the natural next stop.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have a need to make people laugh at things they'd never thought about, make them laugh at things that aren't logical.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes it takes you two or three seconds to get your head round a joke and laugh at it. With a snot-bubble laugh, it comes instinctively - almost in spite of yourself. It's caused by something silly - like when a little kid says something unexpectedly bizarre.
- Paid
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get paid to not laugh.
- Looking Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
Can I remember exactly when I 'lost' my husband? Was it the moment when I had to start tying his shoelaces for him? Or when we stopped being able to laugh with each other? Looking back, that turning point is impossible to pinpoint. But then, that's the nature of dementia.
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's the thing with dementia. If you're with somebody who has a serious illness, you can usually talk to them, have a laugh every now and then - the person is still with you. With dementia, there's no conversation; there's no togetherness, no sharing.
- About
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- Nov 07, 2020
Starting after 60, I thought, 'I'm not going to be able to write a book of poems on the 70s. It's going to be all moans and groans and complaints, and what is there to laugh about?' But I found plenty to laugh about.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are funny gay people, and there are funny Indian people, and that's why we watch TV, to laugh. It only makes sense to include all types of funny people, whether or not they're gay or straight or what have you.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
I enjoy making people laugh, but what I find funny and put online, others might misconstrue and find jerkish.
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
The holidays are a way to get away from the pain of the year, creating something people can laugh at. That's a gift.
- Figuring
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did improv in junior high school. Figuring out my comedic timing helped my confidence in talking to the bullies and talking to people in class. If I could make them laugh, then I was in; I was OK.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of the motivation for doing the 'Make 'Em Laugh' on SNL was because I had just finished shooting 'Inception,' where there were zero-gravity scenes and I got into really good shape and was training and did all these stunts. Coming off of that, that instilled me with the confidence to do 'Make 'Em Laugh.'
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
What makes art in general, and literature in particular, remarkable, what distinguishes them from life, is precisely that they abhor repetition. In everyday life, you can tell the same joke thrice and, thrice getting a laugh, become the life of the party. In art, though, this sort of conduct is called 'cliche.'
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