“In the past I've been very into the falling part, very into the swimming in the dark, deep emotional water. 'Rampart' I really went into it and it took me three times as long to get out of that depression as it did to just do the scenes. I had to learn to give it my all and then go home and laugh.” GivingLongHomePastFallThreeWaterDarkLaughingEmotionalSceneSwimmingThree TimesDeep Emotional Author:Brie Larson
“The real challenge in acting is in comedy. It's easier to get that gasp in a drama. Not easy, because you still have to find that emotional pitch. And when you do something in drama and you hear that sob from the audience it's so fulfilling. But as a comic actor, when the laugh is supposed to come and you punch in that line and nothing happens it is dreadful. It's horrific and you feel like dying right there.” FeelsStillsRealHappensActorsEasyChallengesLinesActingAudienceLaughingComedyDyingEmotionalEasierDramaThings HappenComicFulfillingHorrificFeel Like Dying Author:George Takei
“My way is the sensitive, emotional way, because that's who I am. A day doesn't go by where I don't sit and cry, listening to the stories. I try to be the clown and court jester and make people laugh.” PeopleWayTryingStoriesLaughingCryEmotionalListeningCourtWho I AmMy WaySensitiveClownMaking People LaughJesterCourt Jester Author:Richard Simmons
“When you're writing for the screen you're really thinking all the time of what you have to do to make sure that they have the information that they need, that the emotional thread is not snapped, that the story moves at the right speed, to keep the audience hopefully sitting on the edge of their seats or else weeping or laughing.” ThinkingNeedsWritingStoriesMovingAudienceLaughingInformationEmotionalSittingEdgesSpeedScreensHopefullySeatsThreadWeepingSitting On The Edge Author:Salman Rushdie
“Words cause pain, they evoke anger, they make us hate, they lead us to war. But they also make us laugh, bring us joy, and satisfying our emotional hungers.” WarPainJoyHateCausesLaughingEmotionalHungerSatisfyingEvoke Book:The Language of leadership Source: The Language of leadership
“It's really amazing to be a part of something that people have an emotional response to, even though it's a network sitcom. When you get a chance to meet fans or interact with them, you realize that there are a lot of people who the show speaks to, and that they really get something out of it, beyond just laughing. That's really fulfilling.” PeopleShowsSpeakRealizingChanceLaughingFansEmotionalResponseFulfillingSitcomReally AmazingEmotional Response Author:Gillian Jacobs
“I'm getting older, so how people face grave circumstances is of interest to me. And you meet a lot of people who are very courageous, and it doesn't reek of something funny to write about, but I always think that the higher the stakes, the bigger the laughs can be, and the more emotional the scenes can be.” PeopleThinkingWritingFacesInterestLaughingEmotionalHigherCircumstancesSceneBiggerGravesCourageousStakesGetting OldGetting Older Author:Judd Apatow
“TV is gratifying in the long-term. We [writers] find ourselves knowing who we can go to for a laugh, or who we can go to for a good emotional moment, and then milking those things.” LongMomentsTermLaughingKnowingEmotionalTvsLong Term Author:Michael Brandt
“Humor is a kind of emotional chaos told about calmly and quietly in retrospect.There is always a laugh in the utterly familiar.” KindLaughingEmotionalChaosFamiliarRetrospect Book:Enjoyment of Laughter Source: Enjoyment of Laughter
“I remember watching Meryl Streep in, The River Wild. There's this scene where she's has a gun pointed at her, it's absurd in a lot of ways. Someone pulls a gun on her I think, I'm not really fully aware of the scene and she just, she starts, you see her terrified. And then all of a sudden she starts to burst out laughing. She starts laughing. Like she can't stop laughing. Because she's terrified and she's emotional and there are no rules to what you're supposed to feel. That to me is like A number one, that's the thing I have to remind myself all the time.” ThinkingWayFeelsRememberNumbersLaughingEmotionalSceneGunRiversAbsurdTerrified Author:Jake Gyllenhaal
“Levity, you need levity to feel anything. You need to laugh before you cry. I think films that take themselves too seriously without any levity are missing an important ingredient to the potential emotional impact of their stories.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsImportantStoriesFilmLaughingMissingCryEmotionalImpactIngredientsLevity Author:Cary Fukunaga
“Today the challenge is not visuals, but to be able to tell a riveting emotional story, something that can reach deep down inside the audience's heart and twist it like a toy to make them laugh, cry or jump out of their seats to root for the hero.” HeartStoriesTodayAbleChallengesAudienceLaughingCryEmotionalHeroRootsVisualsSeatsToysTwistsDeep Down Author:Gabriel Campisi
“I just know from experience that reading a funny poem aloud, especially at the beginning of a public reading, can have a certain effect. Somehow narrowing the spectrum of possible emotional reactions. So while I like it when people laugh at my poems, and I definitely enjoy being funny in them, I don't really think that's the most important thing that's going on, at least not to me.” PeopleThinkingKnowsImportantCertainReadingEnjoyLaughingEffectsEmotionalImportant ThingsReactionsSpectrumBeing FunnyEmotional Reactions Author:Matthew Zapruder
“I love to improvise, but I always thought "Man, it's like the final frontier for improvisational actors, to really go for something emotional, something that's not just chasing the laugh."” MenActorsLaughingEmotionalFinalsChasingFrontiers Author:John C. Reilly
“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
“I really loved working on comedy. Most of my roles have been very dramatic and involved lots of emotional work and crying on cue. I do really enjoy those roles because you really feel accomplished at the end of the day but they are very emotionally draining! Working on a comedy show is just fun and at the end everyone is laughing! But I am open to all roles and genres just being on a set and being a part of the magic is what I love most!” FunEnjoyLaughingComedyMagicCryEmotionalDramaticAccomplished Author:Chloe Noelle
“I'm being provided with some emotional ballast by giving me an intimate portrait of one character in particular in contrast to the collective. I'm fortunate that I had very sympathetic readers, but ordinarily - if a book makes you laugh too much, it shifts from "literature" to "entertainment."” GivingBookCharacterLiteratureLaughingEmotionalIntimateContrastSympathetic Author:Joshua Ferris
“If you give me a typewriter and I'm having a good day, I can write a scene that will astonish its readers. That will perhaps make them laugh, perhaps make them cry - that will have some emotional clout to it. It doesn't cost much to do that.” IfsGivingWritingI CanLaughingCryEmotionalReaderSceneCostGive MeGood DayTypewritersHave A Good DayClout Author:Alan Moore