“I remember going to Bob Preston's dressing room because I was losing a laugh - as you do in a long run. He said, 'Give me the script. That's where you're going off the road.' That's comedy. It's never the line itself; it's in the foundation.” GivingLongSaidRunningRememberLinesRoomsLaughingComedyLosingGive MeFoundationScriptsBobLong RunsDressingsDressing Rooms Author:Jeffrey Tambor
“I came home in the afternoon to sleep, and there was this e-mail from Comedy Central saying they were interested in having me be part of this new show called 'Jump Cuts'! So I called them right away, and the producer started laughing and said, 'We sent that e-mail one minute ago - you're so fast!” SaidShowsHomeSleepLaughingComedyCuttingMinutesProducersAfternoonMailOne Minute Author:Lev Yilmaz
“I took an acting class. After the first day, the teacher quit, so they said take another. When I saw 'How to be a Stand-up Comedian,' it resonated. I realized I'd rather make 200 people laugh than make one person cry.” PeopleFirstsPersonsSaidActingClassLaughingSawsTeacherCryI RealizedQuittingComedianThey SaidActing ClassesStand Up Comedian Author:Wendy Liebman
“I met someone on the street who said wasn't it great that we're going to have a movie star for president, that it was so Pop, and (laughs) when you think about it like that, it is great, it's so American.” ThinkingSaidPoliticsStarsPresidentLaughingStreetsMetsPopsMovie Star Author:Andy Warhol
“Lazy Line Painter Jane - it was an insane way to make a record! It was just in a church hall, no separate rooms for instruments, and a crappy digital desk, and I think it's fantastic. I think it's one of the best records we ever made. But if you actually said that to a professional recording engineer or producer they'd laugh at you.” IfsThinkingWayMadeSaidChurchLinesRoomsLaughingRecordsInstrumentsInsaneProducersPainterFantasticLazyDigitalHallsEngineersDesksJane Author:Stevie Jackson
“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
“People who laugh so heartily at what they themselves have said, when it is not funny, dispense us accordingly, by taking upon themselves the responsibility for the mirth, from joining in it.” PeopleSaidResponsibilityLaughingJoiningMirthJoining In Book:Delphi Complete Works of Marcel Proust (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Marcel Proust (Illustrated)
“What is the work of a Master?" said a solemn-faced visitor. "To teach people to laugh ," said the Master gravely.” PeopleSaidTeachLaughingMastersSolemnVisitors Author:Anthony de Mello
“To me, it's my job not to laugh, no matter what's said. By the time we shoot, I'm ready for all that's coming. I probably do most of my breaking in rehearsals, when I know that I can.” KnowsSaidI CanMatterJobsLaughingReadyNo Matter WhatRehearsal Author:Ice Cube
“Donald Trump may be running for president. He said he is sick and tired of the rest of the world laughing at the United States. Well, President Trump will certainly put an end to that.” WorldWellsMaySaidEndsStatesRunningPresidentUnitedUnited StatesLaughingTrumpSickTired Author:David Letterman
“I remember asking one of the [cyber experts], I said, "Knowing what you know, and you exist behind the curtains so to speak, and you see behind the curtain, do you look at the world differently? Do you feel you have an upper hand?" He just started laughing and said, "Man, people have no idea how exposed they are, how vulnerable, and what's possible."” PeopleKnowsMenWorldFeelsLooksSaidIdeasHandsRememberSpeakBehindsLaughingKnowingAskingVulnerableNo IdeaExpertsExposedCurtainsCyberUpper Hand Author:Chris Hemsworth
“When you're about 20 years old, you kind of think out - I figured out that it was better - less good to be successful and better to have a laughing life, laugh more than you frown all through your life. Because on the day you die, which one would you have said had the happier life, the better life? And so I put a lot of humor in my life.” ThinkingYearsKindSaidDiesLaughingSuccessfulBeing SuccessfulBetter LifeOld YouHappier Life Author:Steve Wozniak
“I love [Nikolai] Gogol's great eye for idiot behavior. Gogol said that life is so tragic, so stupendously sad that we'd better laugh a lot and enjoy ourselves. You either get a sense of humor going or you go under.” SaidEyeLife IsEnjoyLaughingBehaviorIdiotTragicSense Of HumorGogol Author:Mel Brooks