- 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 don't think you can teach people how to be funny. You can make suggestions about how to speak a line or get a laugh, but it has to be in them.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like the new trends in horror. All this torture stuff seems really mean-spirited. People have forgotten how to laugh, and I don't see anybody who's using it as allegory.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that Ionesco's greatest weapon is that he's able to make us laugh at the darkest corners of our souls.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never thought that what I do as an actor does anything for anybody, other than making them laugh once in a while.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I write funny. If I can make my wife laugh, I know I'm on the right track. But yes, I don't like to get Maudlin. And I have a tendency towards it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's something in the moment when you can make them laugh or cry and show and incredibly compassionate side of life. I find that a really exemplary way to live.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote an article for 'The American Conservative' about a new trend of conservative hipsters. I did it for a laugh.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My wife's a loving, funny, Irish-spirited person, and I'm still surprised at some of the things she says. She makes me laugh every day.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some of my college friends used to laugh at me. But no one's laughing anymore. Now, they all try to get free underwear.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out of his nose.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was funnier than anybody I ever worked for. My father was as funny as this coat. Not a laugh a minute, my father.
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- Nov 07, 2020