Making People Laugh Quotes - Page 12

• If you make people laugh or cry about little black marks on sheets of white paper, what is that but a practical joke? All the great story lines are great practical jokes that people fall for over and over again.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Fall, White, People

  Kurt Vonnegut (2011). “Kurt Vonnegut: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations”, p.47, Melville House

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• I am an old-fashioned storyteller. I try to make people laugh and cry. A fiction writer's duty is to entertain. If you can sneak in something profound or symbolic, so much the better.

  W. P. Kinsella

  Sneak In, People, Profound

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• When I made mistakes, people used to laugh. I could have learnt better, but I've always liked to make people laugh.

  Jane Birkin

  Mistake, People, Laughing

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• In comedy you feel you need to go back to the theatre every now and again, you feel you need to go back to an audience every now and again to see if you're still getting your craft right, making people laugh at the moments you think they should and that sort of thing.

  Mathew Baynton

  Thinking, Laughing, People

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

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• Comedy is difficult for an actor. But I think I have a good sense of humor and manage to make people laugh and make them happy.

  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

  Thinking, People, Laughing

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Making people laugh is the lowest form of comedy.

  Michael O'Donoghue

  People, Laughing, Comedy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm an entertainer, not a commentator. If you're a comedian your job is to make people laugh.

  Johnny Carson

  Jobs, People, Laughing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I just like to write stuff that makes people laugh, stuff that works, a fun movie that everyone can enjoy. I'm not really worried about the packaging, marketing, and what the studios are going to run next.

  Scot Armstrong

  Running, Fun, Writing

  Source: collider.com

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• I've always liked being funny and making people laugh. I was a cut-up when I was a kid, and was always doing bits for my friends and family.

  Busy Philipps

  Kids, Cutting, People

  Source: collider.com

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• That being said, in my top five favorite movies, two of them are Alien and Aliens. I love to laugh, and I love to make people laugh. I love comedy, but I also love the darker things in life. I guess I'm an extremist. I'm an adrenaline junkie. Just cruising along at a normal capacity really doesn't do anything for me.

  Angie Harmon

  Things In Life, Two, People

  "Angie Harmon Interview RIZZOLI & ISLES". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 12, 2010.

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• Most comics worship music on some level. It's more rock-n-roll to get up there for an hour and make people laugh.

  Greg Behrendt

  Rocks, Worship Music, People

  "The Storytelling Surf Guitarist: Greg Behrendt on His Next Act". Interview with Karen Geier, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 21, 2013.

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• I've always liked the fact that I could make people laugh at crazy stuff that has happened to me. If it makes you feel better at me falling down the stairs...then I'm going to do it.

  Sherri Shepherd

  Crazy, Fall, Feel Better

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Making people laugh is one of the highest achievements you can have. And when you can make someone laugh and cry, alternatively, as Chaplin does - now that's the highest of all personal achievements. I don't know that I aim for it, but I recognize it as the supreme goal.

  Elliott Erwitt

  Photography, Goal, Laughing

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• Tension is wonderful for making people laugh.

  John Cleese

  Writing, People, Laughing

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• What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s and the 40s in my upbringing with my father, was that kind of theatrical songwriting. It was always a part of my character. This desire to make people laugh...Songwriting is best. It's the hardest-finest-tightest. It also requires the most discipline.

  Pete Townshend

  Father, Character, Discipline

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• I’m the youngest in my family and everyone is very funny, and I was always trying to keep up with them. I just loved making people laugh.

  Lisa Kudrow

  Always Trying, People, Laughing

  "New Again: Lisa Kudrow". Interview with Sara Switzer, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 14, 2016.

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• I do love the films I've done in the past. I work hard in my movies and my friends work hard and we're trying to make people laugh and I'm very proud of that.

  Adam Sandler

  Love, Hard Work, Past

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• A lot of critics object to what I do, but I got into comedy to make people laugh, and I've always worked hard.

  Adam Sandler

  People, Laughing, Comedy

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• Making people laugh is giving, and it's healing, too, when people can go up to the movies and forget about their problems. It's a good thing. That's why I want to work.

  Chris Tucker

  Healing, People, Giving

  "Chris Tucker and Brett Ratner". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. August 07, 2007.

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• I think my entire career path was determined for me when I was 6 years old, watching reruns of 'I Love Lucy' on TV and thinking about making people laugh.

  Paul Reubens

  Thinking, Careers, Years

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, film.avclub.com. July 26, 2006.

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• What I really enjoy the most is seeing what the crowd likes. I enjoy making people laugh.

  Verne Troyer

  People, Laughing, Crowds

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't need somebody behind a desk to tell me what a marketing survey says is funny. I got 3 million miles and 70,000 tickets sold, telling me that I know how to make people laugh.

  D. L. Hughley

  People, Laughing, Marketing

  "Stand-up comics try to stand out on TV" by Sherri Sylvester, www.cnn.com. August 13, 1999.

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• I've certainly played those leading man or male juvenile roles, where you're not supposed to make people laugh.

  Andrew Rannells

  Men, People, Laughing

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• About the best thing an actor can do when all is said and done is to make people laugh.

  Ted Levine

  People, Laughing, Actors

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• I understand what my gift is, which is making people laugh, hopefully. It's more on that level. I don't need to be a leading man, I'm fine with that.

  Chris Kattan

  Men, People, Laughing

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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