Michael Haneke Quotes

I really enjoy laughing at work, and I find that it's easier to do that when you're shooting a comedy.

Humor is my default mode.

I like to have fun, but I don't think of myself as being funny. But I'm a big jokester, so I make fun of myself a lot!

I crack jokes all the time. Even when I have a fight, I will make a joke, and people will laugh.

I always like to make some jokes, sometimes.

Any band that doesn't have a sense of humor has a little bit of a problem.

I don't think I would describe my sense of humor. Doesn't sound like the kind of thing I'd do.

Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.

I don't think comedy is necessarily an attack. It's finding humour in life. I don't think if you're making a joke about something you're automatically demeaning it.

Nothing like a little judicious levity.

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.

I've always found it easier to be funny than to be serious.

I refuse not to have a sense of humour.

I don't mind being the brunt of a joke, so long as it's a good one.

I try to find humor in everything I do, because I think all great plays - even great tragedies - have enormous humor in them.

If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you're funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity.

No matter what I have to say, I'm still trying to say it in comedic form.

You need to be silly to be funny.

I learned a long time ago from when I did 'Seinfeld' never to take anything seriously, and to be part of the joke is the best way to show what a good sport I was.

I don't mean to be funny.

I have funny bones. If there's ever any kind of tension, I'll always be the one to try and be funny to loosen things up.

People say funny things all the time during really serious moments in life.

A good sense of humor will get you everywhere.

All I do is have fun. When I'm not working, it's about making people laugh. I love making jokes about things. Even when someone's mad at me, I'll deflect anger with humor. My days are filled with laughter. If I'm not laughing, I'm not happy.

We do have a zeal for laughter in most situations, give or take a dentist.