“I do love comedy, but I'm not brave enough to tackle a script whose goal is to make you laugh. That's tough. The ones that can do it, I tip my hat off to them, but I don't have that kind of humor or mind.” MindKindEnoughGoalCan DoLaughingComedyToughBraveScriptsHatsMake You LaughHats Off Author:William H. Macy
“In the rush of complex modern living, we have a tendency to laugh at the 'bring-Papa-his-pipe-and-slippers' approach to marriage - but most men are more than a little wistful at its demise. A man dreams of home as a haven and his wife as a romantic, fragrant creature whose most important goal in life is making him comfortable.” MenLittlesImportantHomeDreamLife IsGoalLaughingWifeModernHavensCreaturesComfortableApproachComplexesTendenciesPipeLife GoalDemisePapaSlippers Author:Arlene Dahl
“We shall reach our goal, when we have the power to laugh as we destroy, as we smash, whatever was sacred to us as tradition, as education, and as human affection.” HumansGoalLaughingTraditionSacredAffection Author:Joseph Goebbels
“I have a secret goal with my editor - he has asthma and uses his inhaler, and after I send him a new manuscript, I'll have his assistant phone me and tell me how many times he had to get his inhaler out while reading a draft. It's my secret laugh meter.” UseReadingGoalSecretLaughingPhonesEditorsAssistantsManuscriptsMeterAsthma Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“It [moviemaking] is about entertaining audiences with great characters and great stories, you want to make people laugh, you want to make people cry, you want to have great music that is memorable. You want a movie that, as soon as it's over, you want to watch it again, just like that. That's what it is, whether it's live-action, animation, hand drawn, computer, special effects, puppet animation, it doesn't matter. That's the goal of a filmmaker.” PeopleWantMatterCharacterStoriesHandsActionGoalWatchesAudienceLaughingSpecialEffectsCryComputerMemorableFilmmakerOver YouEntertainingAnimationMaking People LaughPuppetsGreat MusicGreat CharacterSpecial Effects Author:John Lasseter
“Happiness, sadness, being mean and being nice. They're all very close to one another. My goal in my career is to do movies that are both... I hate when people say is it a comedy or a drama? My favorite movies are kind of both. Just like life, one day you're not crying all day, one day you're not laughing all day. I like to play characters that have that kind of balance, too.” PeopleKindMeanPlayCharacterHateGoalCareersLaughingComedyNiceSadnessCryBalanceDramaOne DayI HateMy FavoriteBeing NiceBeing MeBeing MeanHappiness Sadness Author:Topher Grace
“My buddies, we've always just tried to make each other laugh. I mean, just like all friends hanging out - that's the goal.” MeanGoalLaughingHanging OutBuddy Author:Adam Sandler