Alberto Sordi Quotes

Things from real life are the things that get people laughing.

I'll stick to finding the funny in the ordinary because my life is pretty ordinary and so are the lives of my friends - and my friends are hilarious.

I mean, I find things that happened in real life to be the funniest - things that you observe instead of crazy abstract things, you know.

I find that there's so much funny stuff in real life, and I am much more interested in super grounded, real stuff, so now I just want things to feel real and authentic.

Part of being a comedian is that it's your job to look at life and regurgitate it in a funny way, to point out its absurdities.

Normal people with normal problems can be hilarious.

I always laugh the hardest at the stuff you see in day-to-day life. It's great when somebody can tell a joke that really makes you laugh hard, but to see some kind of personal interaction that no one could write is so good. Those are always the things that make me laugh.

Different things made 'Cheers' and 'Frasier' special. Both of them, though, were honest. It was the old Shakespeare thing: Hold the mirror up to life.

The best comedy is based on truth.

I strive for honesty because I think that's where the funniest stuff comes from.

I like to do stand-up for people who live real life.

All my life's about is cracking up people and them cracking me up and trying not to think about dying. That doesn't cost very much money.

I don't write material. Funny things happen to me in the course of a day, and I just make notes.

Often when you are starting out in comedy, you will find that people will laugh at the things you didn't think were funny. It's important to pay attention also to what people are laughing at when you are just talking in regular conversation. Often that is when you are truly being yourself.

Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.

To do something funny, you have to have experienced it in real life and digested it in a way that amuses you.

I don't know who I touch and who I don't. I work hard trying to make people laugh. I try to do the kind of stuff that made me laugh growing up. I don't have any secrets. I don't know the reasons I've been so well received.

In normal life people say, 'You're so different than on stage!' Offstage I'm down to earth, simple and a very goofy girl... I like to make goofy faces, be dorky and not take things too seriously. I just love to laugh.

I actually quite love following Lisa Rinna on Twitter, because she tweets like I tweet, which is like, 'Just dropped off the kids!' Or, 'Hey, here's a great sale at the grocery store!' It's such real life, and to me she's like a celebrity - she looks like Hollywood to me - that following her makes me feel like, stars are just like us!

Actually being funny is mostly telling the truth about things.

I think the best comedy comes from stuff that's based in reality.

It's pretty simple to me: we come from a really grounded world where anything you say could be the thing that the scene becomes about. We're always treating it as if we would treat it in real life. It's all observation.

I'm pretty goofy. I really do like to sing and dance in real life. I'm a rhythmic person. I love comedy; I love making people laugh. That's my brand.

I want to try and portray characters that are in real life, that you see day-to-day. If I were to just stay in my little village in Wales, I would have gotten a very small taste of a very big plate.

If you look at anything, there are always comedic moments.