Whatever makes you laugh is fine, and all we can do as comedy professionals is try to steer you towards something that we think is a little better – but not put you down or just perplex you in the process. – Paul Feig
It’s great isn’t it, all this exercise lark? I used to laugh at people on treadmills; now I love it. – Richard Desmond
I laugh at what I used to think was cool when I was growing up. In all seriousness, I thought having braces was cool. – Rachel Nichols
I was so in love with the idea of making people laugh for a living that I didn’t care what I had to do to get there. Or how much money I was going to make when I did get there. – Ron White
On stage, it is a tremendous thing to be able to make people laugh. But one of the things that I have always loved is when I am in shows where you can turn the audience upside down and make them cry or move them. That is when things are the most rewarding. – Roger Bart
If people were really naked and everyone knew what each other was thinking, everyone would probably just laugh… or they’d lock each other up. – Robyn Hitchcock
I’ll never stop doing stand-up. There’s nothing better than getting in front of 2,500 people and making an entire room laugh. – Sebastian Maniscalco
People think because I can make them laugh on the stage, I’ll be able to make them laugh in person. That isn’t the case at all. I am essentially a rather quiet, dull person who just happens to be a performer. – Rowan Atkinson
There is humor in the darkest of moments – People who I have loved and passed away, and very high stake situations where you can’t help but laugh. I think that’s very human. – Rose McIver
Well, look at all of these summer blockbusters. You can’t help but laugh a little, because you’ve already seen a lot of these movies 482 times. – Sean Penn
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. – Rosamund Pike
My wife – an ex journalist and current TV producer – has a rule that she taught me at the start of B3ta. Does the item make you laugh, or does it make you go, ‘Oh my God?’ If you score on either count, then you have something that is worth sharing. – Rob Manuel
In my years of acting, the one thing I was never able to do convincingly was to laugh on camera. Fake-laugh. – Paul Feig
I think funny is just the foundation. I don’t really think, to some extent, funny is the absolute most important thing. It should also communicate some idea through the medium of cartooning. Just to be funny is… You know what, the things that you laugh hardest at aren’t cartoons. – Robert Mankoff
My body has been making women laugh for the last 20 years and I’m happy to continue to oblige. – Rainn Wilson
Even though my work is whimsical. I have a very serious job. I cry more than I laugh. – Richard Simmons
I never thought I’d do comedy, ever, in a million years. I always thought comedy was just for fun – to me, the real stuff was the real dramatic stuff. Now I know it’s all valuable. There’s a real excitement, a good feeling when you can make people laugh. – Peri Gilpin