- 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'm just trying desperately to hang on to my true friends. Like Jon Voight. We laugh all the time at how stupid we are.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm going to retire hopefully like Cary Grant did. I'll be on stage telling a story, everyone's going to applaud and laugh, and then I'll drop like a rock.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always a very quirky kid. I remember very early like fourth or fifth grade doing pratfalls to make my friends laugh, like falling on the ground on the playground and doing like bits and characters.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have the gift of laughter. I can make people laugh at will. In good times and in bad. And that I don't question. It was a gift from God.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the Sahara, the seats are banked and most of the audience is looking down at the stage. Everybody in the business knows: Up for singers, down for comics. The people want to idealize a singer. They want to feel superior to a comic. You're trying to make them laugh. They can't laugh at someone they're looking up to.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I found out that if you made people laugh, they like you. Most people got to like me because I made them laugh. When they didn't, I hit them.
- Nov 07, 2020
I enjoy doing comedy for the fact that you go to work and you laugh. That's a good combination.
- Jews
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Jews are always up for a laugh.
- Nov 07, 2020
Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I changed the lyrics of 'All I Need Is the Girl' to 'All I Need Is the Job' for an audition years ago. It's a great ice-breaker - people want to laugh.
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- Nov 07, 2020
What makes me laugh? Richard Nixon always made me laugh.
- Nov 07, 2020
I watch Jon Stewart because I need to laugh. Otherwise, life gets too serious. Besides that, I don't watch any news.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm playing comedy, I never do 'jokes.' Sometimes I'll deliver a line in a way I think is more likely to get a laugh, but all the best comedy is played straight. What's funny is the way it hits the world around it or the way it hits the other characters.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020