Quotes About Laughter

When I play a song for someone the first time, if I make 'em laugh, I think, 'Yes, I've succeeded.'

I think one reason for a successful marriage is laughter. I think laughter gets you through the rough moments in a marriage.

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

I can't imagine a successful comedy movie without a successful comedy performance at the heart of it.

The most successful people in comedy do seem to be the most funny.

There used to be such a thing as a sick joke, or laughing at misfortune, because comedy and laughter are a way of coping. And there is a kind of cruelty to it, but you can separate finding something horrible funny, and what you really think of it.

I feel really comfortable with going for the reality of the drama, but I'm not much for the comedy of it. You have to make people laugh, or you have to be true to the character in such a way that makes people laugh. It's a whole different thing.

I'm a sucker for a good sense of humor.

I am a complete sucker for family time.

Sudden glory is the passion which maketh those grimaces called laughter.

Let's face it: families behind closed doors are the funniest thing ever - the way people talk to each other, the way you fight for 30 seconds, and then all of a sudden you're crying. Families are just ripe for comedy.

The fine line between roaring with laughter and crying because it's a disaster is a very, very fine line. You see a chap slip on a banana skin in the street and you roar with laughter when he falls slap on his backside. If in doing so you suddenly see he's broken a leg, you very quickly stop laughing and it's not a joke anymore.

I first started acting in primary school, just doing little plays. And from the moment I began, something just went 'click' inside me. Suddenly I wasn't shy anymore. Instead I felt confident and happy. I can remember the enormous sense of relief it gave me. I loved the feeling of making people laugh.

I can't imagine getting bored with comedy or thinking comedy is beneath us suddenly.

It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you.

I met Sue Perkins at the Footlights, where she brought the house down at the auditions.

Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.

For most people, my suffering is enjoyable. I suffer in a funny way.

Laughter is a way of really letting out all this pressure that you could face in your daily life in the suffering of your people, and comedy is almost like a medicine to your soul in a way.

Comedy is all about the character. When you're too focused on the gags, the character suffers, and you don't get the laugh. Comedy has to come from the character.

Right before I left ESPN, someone suggested doing a NFL story in the spring. The person was laughed out of the room.

I think comedy suits me best.

I like to laugh and have a good time rather than brood and be sullen.

Well, look at all of these summer blockbusters. You can't help but laugh a little, because you've already seen a lot of these movies 482 times.