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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've skewered whites, blacks, Hispanics, Christians, Jews, Muslims, gays, straights, rednecks, addicts, the elderly, and my wife. As a standup comic, it is my job to make sure the majority of people laugh, and I believe that comedy is the last true form of free speech.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in third grade I taught myself ventriloquism... What's hard is to learn to be an entertainer and make people laugh. I was a few years out of college before I felt I had enough material. Then in 1988 I moved to L.A. and started to do some shows at comedy clubs.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up doing those Kiwanis Clubs, doing those Cub Scout banquets, doing those church shows, I learned to find that sensibility that most people could laugh at - that all ages and demographics could laugh at.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to make the majority of my audience laugh. That's my audience. They'll laugh at the dead terrorist.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My goal in any show is to make people laugh. That's the No. 1 thing. Everything else pales in comparison to that.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not trying to teach anybody anything, I'm not trying to say anything, I have no political motive whatsoever. My motive is just the big laugh.
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I do for a living is whimsical and fun and ridiculous. I'm supposed to make people laugh. We all have that child in us. For many people, that child gets pushed into a corner. But if you want to be creative, that little kid can never go away.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's only one true superpower amongst human beings, and that is being funny. People treat you differently if you can make them laugh.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had fun doing both types of roles. Both are good. One day you laugh, and the next day you cry. That's how it is.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people talk to me about tyranny, it makes me laugh and gives me the impression that people suffer from amnesia.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never had the financial means that the media said I had. I laugh when I hear the amounts, $400 million, $800 million. Where do they get this imagination?
- Minutes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone deserves to laugh for at least 30 minutes, and 'Ballers' gives you that.
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- Nov 07, 2020