Richard Branson Quotes

I am never usually taking myself too seriously and I think that people when they read stuff from me, they have to realise that I'm having fun.

When you're really having fun, you're always doing it a little bit in a way that you're not supposed to. That's when great things happen.

While you're improvising, you may come up with something which will break him up. As soon as that smile comes out, you know that, hey, we're having fun.

I like surprising my audiences, and it's compulsory to have fun and be silly; I never take myself quite too seriously.

I'm not afraid to go completely over the top. A lot of people are scared to seem silly or to embarrass themselves, and I really don't have that at all - I don't mind making a fool of myself. I like to just have fun and really go for it.

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.

We stand for creativity and pushing boundaries and having fun with one's music.

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!

If I'm writing something and I'm not feeling mischievous, then I know it's not going to be great.

People get a kick out of my stupidity.

I actually named myself Redfoo because I want a name that describes my energy. Red stands for passion. Foo stands for foolishness and having fun. It's passionate foolishness.

What I do with impressions, I try not to be mean-spirited. To me, it's just about being silly.

I think, a lot of time, when I'm making art, I'm trying to get into a state of childlike play, where I'm not self-conscious; I'm not worried about what the outcome is going to be. I'm just having fun.

I'm always making fun of myself and my friends.

I'm kinda rather make people laugh I guess or cry or whatever but bragging about what I have for me personally uncharacteristic I guess.

IF you are not making mistakes, then you are not doing anything.

I just do my act. If people in England don't get my joke I make fun of myself for telling it.

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

I love an act that makes fun of the situation, and of course makes fun of yourself. That's important, you can't take yourself too seriously.

Most of the time, the songs have jokes in them, little sarcastic things, or purposely kitsch or something. So that's going along with a story, like I do in life, just talking to myself and making fun of stuff and laughing at stuff that's serious. And sometimes it's a good idea to put the laughing into the songs. Sometimes it's not. Sometimes it's all right just to be serious. But most of the songs have some kind of joke in them.

I was always the clown in school. I had a personal put down sense of humor. I wasn't vindictive. I didn't make fun of people.

Success for me will be where the body of work I've done afforded me the opportunity to be as good as I can be, and to explore myself and to see what I'm capable of. People like that share a willingness to be scared and to take chances.

I like to take chances, and that's the key to comedy -- dancing like an idiot but doing it with wild abandon.

If you take yourself too seriously, you're dead in the water. I think the key to all is to have a laugh, have fun, and express every desire you had, as a kid.

I don't take myself that seriously, I'm taking the piss out of myself. I can't really beat up guys, it's fun!