“The most exciting thing I aspire to do is to write something new that I know is going to work, or perform something that I know is going to make people laugh.” PeopleKnowsWritingLaughingExcitingSomething NewAspireGoing To WorkMaking People LaughExciting Things Author:B. J. Novak
“The funniest people I know were, not necessarily troubled, but had a harder time in school or were shy or picked on or something like that. I think that you rely on it. Well, I don't think I'm cute and no one wants to hang out with me - I'd better start trying to make people laugh. I think there's an element of that in there.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantTryingWellsSchoolLaughingElementsHarderCuteRelyShyHanging OutMaking People Laugh Author:Kaitlin Olson
“I think, you know, as an actor we get these terribly sort of pretentious ideas in our heads. We try to take everything very seriously at first, you know, until we lighten up, we get onboard, and have a laugh.” ThinkingKnowsTryingFirstsIdeasActorsLaughingPretentiousHave A Laugh Author:Rosamund Pike
“To really be on stage and not know what you're going to say, and to be able to say something that makes people laugh, or do something that's sort of abstract or off the beaten path and have people connect to it by just putting your ideas together, that really makes me happy.” PeopleKnowsIdeasAbleTogetherLaughingPathStageAbstractBeatenMaking People LaughMake Me HappyBeaten PathOff The Beaten Path Author:Mary Lynn Rajskub
“When I write something that would have made me laugh as a 10-year-old, or would have scared me or would have excited me, I know I'm onto something.” KnowsWritingYearsMadeLaughingScaredExcited Author:Jonathan Stroud
“That's something - you laugh about Eminem... It's funny, man, because I didn't like him when he first came out, ya know. It seemed like a big joke. But I think the guy's for real, and I like his lyrics!” ThinkingKnowsMenFirstsRealBigsGuyLaughingJokesFunny Men Author:Alan Vega
“I don't care about how I look; I'm dedicated to the laughs. You know, I used to be a clown, so - my name was Smoothie the Clown. All the training I had, all my training is geared toward making people laugh, and I didn't care about being cool.” PeopleKnowsLooksCareUsedNamesLaughingTrainingDon't CareUsed To BeI Don't CareDedicatedClownMaking People LaughBeing CoolSmoothies Author:Bernie Mac
“I never really thought of myself as a physical comedian. But when I was a kid, I used to, you know, pretend to trip over things to make girls laugh in school and stuff like that. So I kind of learned how to fall without hurting yourself.” KnowsKindKidsSchoolUsedFallGirlStuffHurtLaughingComedianHurting Yourself Author:Matthew Perry
“I know I always had a lot of energy growing up and I had to put it somewhere. Theater allowed me to really feel things, to laugh, to cry, to explode outward. I could do anything and it was totally accepted and appreciated. If I hadn't gone into the theater, I probably would have been a psychotic killer.” IfsKnowsFeelsHas BeensEnergyLaughingGoneGrowing UpGrowingCryTheaterAcceptedKillersAppreciatedPsychotic Author:Faith Prince