Ed Helms Quotes

I love to entertain and make people laugh.

My favorite thing in the world was to make people sing - until I made people laugh. Then that became my favorite thing in the world.

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.

Why should I waste my good time making a straight dramatic film? The people who can't make you laugh can do that.

I just want to be known as a clown because to me, that's the height of my profession. It means you can do everything - sing, dance and, above all, make people laugh.

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.

You never forget people who make you laugh.

What turned me on to comedy was - well, first of all, I like being able to laugh, I like people who can make me laugh.

I love to make people laugh, and do things that are surprising and different.

I love what I do. If I have the opportunity to do what I do with people I admire, it's 10 times better.

It's really about committing super-hard to whatever you're trying to create. In essence, I'm just copying my favorite comedic actors, and it's the people who make me laugh the hardest who commit the hardest.

What I found most fun is just trying to get other people to crack up. That's always something that will help a movie and I've been lucky enough to have been able to work with some incredibly talented, collaborative comedy people in all of the stuff that I've been in. If you can get people laughing, cast or crew, you're going to have a good end product.

I like to laugh. It's kind of escapism. I like to make people laugh. And I kind of like people just to have to not think about anything

I want to make people laugh and I want to try to encourage world peace.

There's gratification in making somebody laugh. It's a wonderful sound. I find myself, to this day, doing it, wanting to make people laugh.

I know it's going to sound cheesy, but I love show business. I love doing comedy, I love that I get to do all this with my friends.

There is something about being a director where, for me personally, I get to . . . it's the closest I'll ever come to being able to be a stand up. And to use my particular sense of humor, and hear people laughing, without me having to stand up in front of an audience and tell jokes.

If you're going to make a comedy and if your sole interest is in making people laugh and feel good and entertaining them, then you check your ego at the door.

I really love comedy. I love making people laugh. But other things also appeal to me.

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

Some people just derive great joy from making other people laugh. And I do, but I don't feel like I need to do it 24 hours a day.

I was always sort of a ham as a kid, just always wanting to entertain and to get people to laugh.

Once you learn how to make people laugh, then you get to choose exactly how you want to make them laugh.

I knew already when I was seven years old, that I wanted to be on stage and entertain people. I sell laughs. Here, you got one for free!

My mother's greatest joy in life was to make people laugh.