Lars von Trier Quotes

But with comedy it's a simple premise. If it's funny, people laugh. If it's not, they don't.

I was never a hammy child. But I could make people laugh.

Comedy is very important. For one thing, it keeps you sane. But it's not really a conversion. I mean, it's marginally a conversion, because if people tune in or go to a nightclub or even watch television, and hear that a lot of other people are laughing at something you thought was not funny, at least it'll force you to reconsider.

I started out in stand-up, so it's very satisfying to make people laugh, but it usually means at your own expense.

Good comedy makes you laugh, and bad comedy makes people you hate laugh.

The whole thing about working in front of the camera is to make people laugh when they're not supposed to.

I'm much more interested in making people laugh than getting applause breaks.

I can make people laugh at the drop of a dime. God's given me that ability.

Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.

I've always been attracted to humor and funny people in general. It's a joy to make people laugh, but it's not as fun as laughing yourself.

There was laughter in the back of the theater, leading to the belief that someone was telling jokes back there.

I'm a sponge. I'm obsessed with comedy. I'm obsessed with the idea that you can make somebody laugh, and I love to be around people who can make other people laugh.

I like to be around people who make me laugh. It's one of my favorite things on a set. I hate it when people take themselves serious in a film set.

But I really believe that if you have the ability, there is an obligation to make people laugh

Being onstage and performing, the high of that, and people coming to see you, and getting to make them laugh - that's what gets me hyped up. It's a nervous excitement.

A joke isn't a joke until someone laughs.

Usually, if I think something is really funny, it doesn't get any reaction whatsoever.

To make people laugh was almost a sickness with me.

To me, if you are in the same building with Peter Sellers or John Cleese, or any of those guys and holding your own making other people laugh, that's a compliment.

I know how to make an audience laugh, 'cause I grew up on Third Rock from the Sun, week after week in front of audiences, making them laugh.

If you want to make people laugh, your face must remain serious.

Funny people don't really laugh very much.

I had a couple of decent laughs on Townies, but for the most part, delivering a joke that you just know is not funny is hard.

I remember doing a lot of comedy. I always loved that feeling when you do something on stage and you can feel the vibe of the audience turn, and they start laughing. It's how you know something's not right, and how to fix it, or how to make the moment stronger or funnier.

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