“When I was younger, I used humour as a tool to avoid getting too serious with people - if there was deep emotional stuff going on, then I would crack a joke to defuse the situation.” PeopleIfsUsedStuffSituationEmotionalHumourSeriousJokesToolsCracksDeep Emotional Author:Matthew Perry
“At first I had no skills in writing comedy. I didn't know what a joke was, but, as someone once told me, your emotions follow your intent. If you create the intention of starting a comedy act, slowly your mind starts adjusting and you arrive at a new emotional state.” IfsKnowsWritingMindFirstsStatesEmotionComedyEmotionalSkillsJokesIntentionStartingAdjustingWriting Comedy Author:Steve Martin
“When I started out, the most terrifying thing was when I had to be very, very emotional in front of lots of people. Now I've kind of learned that it is very important to keep talking all day, keep making jokes, and be connected with people, and be present. It's very important for me to be absolutely present in order to be emotional. I learned that is sort of the way I need to be.” PeopleWayNeedsKindImportantOrderTalkingFrontsEmotionalJokesConnectedKeep Talking Author:Julianne Moore
“I've never really been a big fan of comedy songs, frankly. I think I enjoy the emotional payoff that the best music achieves to want to waste too much time turning good music into a joke.” ThinkingWantBigsSongEnjoyComedyToo MuchFansAchieveEmotionalWasteJokesPayoff Author:Keith Murray
“There is scarcely room for doubt that something in the psychological relation of a mother-in-law to a son-in-law breeds hostility between them and makes it hard for them to live together. But the fact that in civilized societies mothers-in-law are such a favourite subject for jokes seems to me to suggest that the emotional relation involved includes sharply contrasted components. I believe, that is, that this relation is in fact an 'ambivalent' one, composed of conflicting affectionate and hostile impulses.” BelieveHardFactsSeemsTogetherLawMotherI BelieveRoomsDoubtSubjectsEmotionalSonInvolvedJokesRelationPsychologicalImpulseCivilizedFavouriteHostileComponentsHostilityIn-lawsAffectionateCivilized SocietyMother In LawAmbivalentSon-in-law Book:Totem and Taboo Source: Totem and Taboo
“That's what happens with most comedies. If you watch 10 minutes and there's no joke, then you're disappointed because you're expecting jokes. The same goes for emotional movies. You have to feel something. If you don't feel anything for 10 minutes, you get bored.” IfsFeelsHappensWatchesComedyMinutesEmotionalJokesBoredDisappointedExpecting Author:Quentin Dupieux
“A human being having a full emotional conversation with a dog is funny, innately. It's one of those things where you get in a scene and you always go for what is the best joke, and a talking dog for some reason, whatever he says, is hilarious." (about his role wiht a talking dog in the forthcoming MEN IN BLACK sequel.” MenHumansReasonBlackHuman BeingsTalkingRolesDogEmotionalSceneConversationJokesSequelsForthcoming Author:Will Smith
“I think I have a reputation for being really serious. In interviews I use big words, but I'm just an emotional goofball. I play practical jokes all the time.” ThinkingPlayUseBigsEmotionalSeriousJokesPracticalsReputationInterviewsBeing RealPractical Joke Author:Darren Hayes
“I never met a pig I didn't like. All pigs are intelligent, emotional, and sensitive souls. They all love company. They all crave contact and comfort. Pigs have a delightful sense of mischief; most of them seem to enjoy a good joke and appreciate music. And that is something you would certainly never suspect from your relationship with a pork chop.” SoulSeemsEnjoyCompanyEmotionalComfortMetsJokesAppreciateIntelligentContactSensitiveSuspectsOur RelationshipPigsDelightfulCraveMischiefPorkPork Chops Author:Sy Montgomery
“There's not swelling music and emotional scenes in life, and there's not long pauses when you tell a joke for everybody to laugh. That's not how it goes. Life just sort of happens to you.” LongHappensLaughingEmotionalSceneJokesPausesSwelling Author:John Krasinski
“You have to have that emotional investment in the jokes that you're saying otherwise they actually don't work. You can say exactly the same thing, but if you don't believe it's funny at the time that you're saying it, it won't be.” IfsBelieveEmotionalJokesInvestmentDon't BelieveEmotional Investment Author:John Bishop