Adam Sandler Quotes

I like the sound of laughter. I was the guy in the group of friends that would always make the friends laugh. And everyone was like, 'You should do stand up,' so I gave it a shot, and ta-da! They were right.

People come up to me and they thank me: 'I thank you for the many, many hours of laughter.'

I don't usually eulogise about people, but I saw Russell Brand doing stand-up before he was really high profile. I didn't really know what to expect but I laughed until my belly ached.

Being a stand-up is my mission in life; it's my passion. My ongoing goal is to simply be funny, on my own, in front of a roomful of strangers.

I lived to make Scott Baio laugh.

To be a comedian, you gotta jokesmith, there's no way around it.

I certainly love doing comedy and feel most comfortable near it.

When I got on Stern I realized that this was the one job where you could be really honest and open, almost like Richard Pryor or something. You can be honest about your life and get laughs.

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

I know I can get laughs anywhere, in front of any crowd, if I'm given the chance.

I've been a stand-up comedian for years, and I can be silly.

I'll do anything to get the laugh. I love it.

Most of the stuff I do on the show comes out of me just trying to make my friends laugh.

I started quite young at school, compering a charity event at an old people's home. I would do stand up and impressions and enjoyed the laughter. It's very addictive. It's a lovely sensation to say something and hear a whole room laugh.

I love making people laugh. It's an addiction and it's probably dysfunctional, but I am addicted to it and there's no greater pleasure for me than sitting in a theater and feeling a lot of people losing control of themselves.

I realize how desperate it sounds for me, as a comedian, to ask you to laugh at my jokes.

If something strikes me as funny, I'll put it in my performance.

You can't substitute the act of making people laugh. It's definitely something that actors like to do.

I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career - anything for a laugh.

I love entertaining people and making them laugh. It's my favorite thing to do.

Comedy is hard to do. All the cliches about it are true.

Most of my show is true; like, 90% of everything I say on stage is true. I just have to find the way to make it funny - that's the difficult thing.

I care less about selling tickets and getting Twitter followers than I do about making as many people laugh as I can. I'd rather make people laugh than make them know who T.J. Miller is.

I love doing comedy. I find comedy quite hard work. Comedy's underrated, I think, by actors, you know? It's difficult to get it right and get it funny. I really enjoy doing it. I kind of wish I'd done it more. I can't complain. I've had a fair crack of the whip.

Oh, I love stand-up.