Quotes About Laughter

When I was in my late teens, I discovered 'Fawlty Towers' and 'Monty Python,' and they still make me laugh.

I always enjoyed things that made me laugh. My dad introduced me to 'Fawlty Towers' and I loved 'Crackerjack' - that was my childhood encapsulated.

London seems to be a town with a lot of comedy fans and people that really enjoy stand-up.

I have memories of doing 'Toys In The Attic' and being on the floor next to my drums, on my back, laughing.

Toys are put on this Earth to be played with by a child.

I told my wife, 'One woman, lots of toys!'

I write funny. If I can make my wife laugh, I know I'm on the right track.

My favorite part on 'Energy Fields,' at the end of the track is a little girl laughing, and to me, it's a child watching the world, her friends, and so-called grownup people, and the way they try to understand the world.

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.

What is satire if not a marriage of civil disobedience to a laugh track, a potent brew of derision and lack of respect that acts as a nettle sting on the thin skin of the humourless?

I think I'm too cynical for L.A. My sense of humor doesn't go down well here, which probably affects my love life. I need to have a laugh track following me around so people know I'm trying to be funny.

I think it's because it's so different and it takes risks. Plus, it's really smart humor. It gives the audience credit in terms of not needing to tell them when to laugh. I love that about the show. There's no laugh track.

We don't have a laugh track, which helped Seinfeld a lot, and did kind of tell people when to laugh. It just made it a lot easier. Our show doesn't have that, so it's hard for Middle America to catch on.

I have an aversion to laugh tracks - the moment I hear a laugh track, I go to another channel.

It should be a law for one whole year that all laugh tracks are Seth Rogen. The world would get ever so slightly better.

So many shows don't have laugh tracks now that, when you hear it, it can be slightly jarring.

My laugh is filthy. I'd change it if I could, but it's become a trademark.

Backyard barbecues are really just about getting together. It's all about making people come over, having a really good time, talking about their lives, and sharing some great recipes.

You could string a hundred endless days together, My soul would find no comfort from this pain. You laugh at my tale? You may be educated But you haven't learned to love till you're insane

We should remind ourselves that laughing together is as close as you can get to another person without touching, and sometimes it represents a closer tie than touching ever could.

For me, I want to get across the stage to the people. I want to point at you, thirty, forty rows back, and you know I'm pointing at you, and we're having a laugh and getting it together.

Humor is a good way in general to get people together, I think. Of course, Danish humor is more ironic and sarcastic altogether.

Comedies in Hollywood is usually the path of least resistance when it comes to being black in Hollywood and putting movies together. They would rather make us laugh than cry, in some respect.

They never let Rider [Strong] and I do scenes together because we would look at each other and start laughing.