Lisa Lampanelli Quotes

If you don't laugh, you're going to cry and people are crying. That's why I guess you have lots of people like comedians to keep us laughing.

I think everyone is given drama, by virtue of the fact that we all have drama in our lives, but not everyone can make people laugh.

Comedies are doing well because I think people want to laugh and not think about everything for a little bit.

Funny always makes the bad things go away.

I reach for funny books all the time to help me get through life.

Comedy is saving me.

I go where people are hurting. I stand on the stage, and I make people laugh for an hour and a half.

I keep doing stand-up because the world needs laughter - there's always something happening in the country and in the world. That's why I wanted to become an entertainer: to help people forget about their problems for a little while.

What we do as comics can be a service to people. It can make them laugh and take their mind off their problems for a few minutes.

Comedy shows in D.C. are so much fun. I think because of the intense area that is connected to politics that people need, they need their down time. D.C. audiences are almost universally praised by comedians.

Everything I do is intended to make people laugh and think. I just think something is funny, it's not hurting anybody, not stabbing anybody, not shooting anybody, not making anybody watch me perform. There are thousands of comedians, don't come see me because it's not like I hide it.

I like to laugh. It's kind of escapism. I like to make people laugh. And I kind of like people just to have to not think about anything

People need the court jester, so I keep that smile on and keep going out there to do what I do.

The only responsibility I feel is to deliver something that's new or at least to attempt that. The real responsibility is to entertain and to try and make people laugh.

I think you gotta have some humor [in your story]. People gotta have a moment to laugh and feel that it's not taken 100% serious. That's important.

I think the job of a comedian is to make people laugh, but also challenge them to laugh at things they didn't know they could until now.

I think comedy's just about being interested in comedy and what makes people laugh and experimenting.

You don't have to think really hard to get the joke. I think humor in general appeals to all people.

We live in a time where improv is king and people love improv, and I think there's a time and a place for that and people who are really good at structuring improv.

My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible. The job is to make people laugh. I don't have a mission. I don't have a torch to burn.

Within any drama in anyone's life, there's always a way to find the humor in it. Without humor no one cares about whatever drama is going on.

I think people are always looking for a good comedy.

You can get through very serious and sometimes horrible and sometimes embarrassing and very awkward situations with humor. It gives us a way out.

Stand-up comedy is the most relaxing thing I do. If I want to unwind and de-stress, I go out and do stand-up, often several shows in a night.

When you improvise, you work off the laughs from the audience, but when you step on stage to do standup, it's silent.