“Honestly, I was a good kid but I figured out pretty early that I had a gift for making people laugh. I wanted to entertain and when that happens you tend to get yourself in trouble in class.” PeopleHappensKidsWantedClassLaughingTroubleHonestlyMaking People Laugh Author:Eric Ladin
“A good writer should be able to write comedic work that made you laugh, and scary stuff that made you scared, and fantasy or science fiction that imbued you with a sense of wonder, and mainstream journalism that gave you clear and concise information in a way that you wanted it.” WayShouldWritingMadeAbleWantedStuffFictionWonderFantasyLaughingClearInformationScience FictionScaredScaryJournalismMainstreamGood WritersComedicSense Of WonderConciseScary Stuff Author:Neil Gaiman
“I always knew I wanted to do comedy. I like making people laugh. I started out young just making my family laugh and trying to make kids laugh in school and getting into plays. I think it's the only thing I know how to do so hopefully it works out.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingPlayKidsWantedSchoolYoungLaughingKnow HowComedyMy FamilyWork OutHopefullyMaking People Laugh Author:Jillian Bell
“When I was young, everyone laughed at me when I said that I wanted to be a professional basketball player...now it's my turn to laugh.” SaidWantedYoungTurnsLaughingPlayerBasketballLaughedBasketball Player Author:Allen Iverson
“I met this amazing person, and we realized we had very similar views on how we wanted to live our lives. It’s happened quickly, with so many children. Yesterday, picking up the kids from school, Brad turned around in the car, and there were three of them. He couldn’t stop laughing. We love them and are having a great time.” ChildrenPersonsKidsWantedSchoolThreeViewsLaughingOur LivesHappenedCarMetsYesterdayGreat TimesBradAmazing Person Author:Angelina Jolie
“The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.” IfsFirstsMadePlayCharacterWould BeWantedTalkingLaughingWrittenPhonesSydneyFiance Author:Victor Garber
“I told them I wanted to be a comedian, and they laughed; I became a comedian, no one's laughing now” WantedLaughingComedianLaughed Author:Bob Monkhouse
“The girls that I grew up with, and my friends and I, we just never had interests in common. I loved comedy. I loved Saturday Night Live, Gilda Radner, Lucille Ball, and Goldie Hawn movies. I just wanted to laugh. I liked women in comedy, and I liked male comics as I got a little older. My interests just never matched up with other girls'.” LittlesWantedNightGirlInterestCommonLaughingComedyGrewGrew UpMy FriendsBallsMalesSaturdaySaturday NightOther GirlMatchedSaturday Night Live Author:Amy Schumer
“I never wanted the ha-ha-ha laughter [at my shows]. I always aimed for the gut. I always aimed for the pretty girls in the front row, laughing and leaning over and pooting.” ShowsWantedGirlLaughingFrontsLaughterGutsPretty Girl Author:Tracy Morgan
“I wanted to be a comedian, I wanted people to laugh at what I was saying, not to be staring at my boobs or wearing a skirt and show off my ... I just didn't think that that was the best way to get taken seriously in that world.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayShowsWantedLaughingTakenBest WayComedianStaringSkirtsShowing Off Author:Chelsea Handler
“I knew I wanted to be in show business so I took the path of least resistance. I loved comedy. But you never know you are funny until people laugh. It's just what I was interested in. I could make people laugh, I guess, but doing it at school and doing it onstage are very different things.” PeopleKnowsDifferentShowsWantedSchoolLaughingPathComedyResistanceDifferent ThingsShow BusinessMaking People LaughPath Of Least Resistance Author:Steve Martin
“I was pretty dorky, but there are tiers of dorkdom and I always had friends, though they were equally dorky. I was one of those kids who contracted cooties in the second grade and then had cooties, because there wasn't a vaccine for it. When I was around people, though, I generally wanted to make them laugh. I told a lot of stories.” PeopleStoriesKidsWantedLaughingGradesVaccinesDorkyCooties Author:Sloane Crosley
“I wanted to be a psychologist. You know, I thought that's what I'd be doing and it just goes to show you that, if you tell God your plans, He will laugh in your face.” IfsKnowsShowsWantedFacesLaughingPlansYour FacePsychologist Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“I always made people laugh, and everybody wanted me to sit at the table with them. I don't joke as much as I used to, but I can still be a little comedian every now and then.” PeopleLittlesMadeStillsI CanWantedUsedLaughingJokesTablesComedianNow And Then Author:Missy Elliot
“I wanted to be an artist, even at the age of 15, and people used to laugh at me. It was the late '90s, the time of pop stars and navel-dancing, where you were showing your midriff. I wanted to be a real singer.” PeopleRealAgeWantedUsedArtistStarsLaughingLateDancingPopsSingersPop StarsNavel Author:Duffy
“All I've ever wanted to do is entertain people - make them laugh, think, smile, feel creeped out or scared; whatever it is. I'm getting the opportunity to do that in various roles.” PeopleThinkingFeelsWantedOpportunityRolesLaughingScaredVarious Author:Eric Stonestreet
“I knew already when I was seven years old, that I wanted to be on stage and entertain people. I sell laughs. Here, you got one for free!” PeopleYearsWantedLaughingStageSellsSevenSeven Years Author:David Lee Roth
“One of the reasons I wanted to come back is I got sick of seeing really ugly pictures of myself in the tabloids. I got to the point where I'd look in the mirror and say: "Where'd she go? Because she's still in there." I knew she was still in there (she laughs) and it didn't take much to get her out.” LooksStillsReasonWantedLaughingSeeingSickMirrorsUglyTabloidsPictures Of Myself Author:Linda Evangelista
“All I ever wanted to do is make people laugh.” PeopleWantedLaughingMaking People Laugh Author:Jerry Seinfeld
“We started gearing our content more to what makes us laugh and stories we wanted to tell, and we had to decide, early on, to not be precious about it.” StoriesWantedLaughing Author:Mitchell Hurwitz
“I've never cared about how successful or how big I was going to be. I just wanted to be part of a story that affected people, made them laugh or cry. To me, that was more important than having my face on some billboard.” PeopleMadeImportantStoriesBigsWantedFacesLaughingSuccessfulCryAffectedBillboards Author:Matt Bomer
“Normal people, want to be accepted. Screwed up people, want to be accepted. It's one of the few things we have in common. My whole life, all I ever wanted was my dad to pat me on the top of the head and go, Who's a good boy ? Who's a good boy? But, instead, all he ever did was wipe peanut butter on the end of my nose and laugh while I tried to lick it off.” PeopleWantEndsWholeWantedCommonBoysLaughingAcceptanceDadNormalMy DadAcceptedWhole LifeNosesWipePeanutsScrewed UpPeanut ButterGood Boy Author:Christopher Titus
“I always wanted to make strangers and friends and family laugh. I was over ten years younger than my brothers. It was hard to get attention without some kind of gimmick, like athletic stardom or being funny.” YearsKindHardWantedAttentionLaughingBrotherTenStrangerMy BrotherFamily And FriendsAthleticStardomBeing FunnyGimmicksStrangers And Friends Author:Gary Gulman
“Comedians are therapists. People honestly think we're doing it for ourselves. No. If we wanted to do stand-up for ourselves, we would perform in front of a mirror and never go to a club. We are giving this away. Some people are going through so much in their lives, they want to hear something else that's going on in the world and laugh.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWantGivingWantedLaughingFrontsMirrorsClubsHonestlyComedianTherapists Author:J. B. Smoove
“I've always wanted to do a real comedy. I haven't done enough, and it seems silly not to do more, considering the fact that people tend to laugh at me.” PeopleRealDoneEnoughFactsSeemsWantedLaughingComedyHavensSillyConsidering Author:Tom Hollander
“I knew what I wanted to do when I set out. I knew that I wanted to write a book that told the story, obviously. I wanted it be comedy first, because I felt like there already had been childhood druggy stories that were very serious, and I felt that the unique thing here was that I was a comic and I could tell the story with some levity, and I have been laughing at these stories my whole life.” WritingFirstsHas BeensBookWholeStoriesWantedFeltLaughingComedyChildhoodSeriousUniqueWhole LifeComicLevityUnique Things Author:Moshe Kasher