Gavin MacLeod Quotes

I always do drama. It's just that some people laugh at it and some people cry.

I've made great friends through acting. When I'm with Victoria Wood and Julie Walters, we have grand fun. We can make each other howl with laughter because we know each other so well.

My dad died right after performing at the Friars' roast for Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. I have that tape somewhere. There's still a lot of good jokes in there. I mean, that was 1958.

It brings me joy to hear that people are laughing at my scene in 'Due Date.'

I've been to many funerals of funny people, and they're some of the funniest days you'll ever have, because the emotions run high.

It's fun to do something funny and have the director laughing. It makes you feel good.

I just heard a very funny story about somebody who died yesterday, I'm sorry to say so but it was so absurd that you can't help laughing. And the person that was concerned about that story was laughing too.

I'm no way one of those comedians who want to do drama. I really do love comedies. I hope to go back to it.

Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence.

When my dad died a lot of songs came, and they're still coming.

Each cast member brings their own vibe and antics to the set. You're constantly surrounded by fun loving people who can make you laugh in their own way.

My job has always been to entertain people. I want people to laugh.

I have so much fun with Matt LeBlanc that whether I love it or not really makes no difference to me because I just really have that much fun with him and playing with him. Being onstage with him is great.

When my mother died, I had to go on air that night and do jokes.

A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.

I loved doing My Favorite Year, which was great fun, and The Ruling Class, which I made with all my chums.

I wrote 'All You Could Ask For' to honor a friend, Heidi Armitage, who left us much too soon in 2009 at the age of 43.

'Pitch Perfect 2,' those scenes are super fun. It's just me and John Michael Higgins, and we've been friends for so long, we just have the best time. Anything I do with him is some of my favorite stuff.

My favorite work is The Full Monty because I got an Oscar for it. But it was really hard work at the time. Sometimes comedy is not a bundle of laughs to actually do.

I suppose the things you remember about someone who has died are the funny moments. Those are the ones that stand out.

I miss all of my old friends who have passed away. Sometimes you just don't understand why they were taken so soon. I loved and miss Johnny Cash. I miss my old buddy Johnny Paycheck, who happens to be buried in an area of the cemetery that I bought for my family.

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.

That's not part of me that I have to do something dark to prove to people that I'm an actor. The fuel for me is the laugh. Maybe later I'll want to show people the darker side... But right now, I'm having too much fan making people laugh. And it really makes me feel good.

Poetry is what we turn to in the most emotional moments of our life - when a beloved friend dies, when a baby is born or when we fall in love.

When I did the film Generations, in which the character died, I felt like a guest for the first time. That made me very sad.