Michael McIntyre Quotes

Basically, I love films where everything is great and life is good.

I always wanted to be cheered up. I felt like that feeling of the first day of summer or when a girl would agree to go on a date or you found a $20 bill - that undeniable rush of excitement - I wanted to make a soundtrack of music for that kind of moment.

Nothing is harder to dramatize than happiness.

Real elation is when you feel you could touch a star without standing on tiptoe.

What heartens me is to see '30 Rock' on the air. It makes me laugh from my gut, which I really like to do.

A responsive audience is the best encouragement an actor can have.

There is a sort of elation about sunlight on the upper part of a house.

The highest state is laughter.

I like living, breathing better than working... Each second, each breath is a work which is inscribed nowhere, which is neither visual nor cerebral. It's a kind of constant euphoria.

My goal in any show is to make people laugh. That's the No. 1 thing. Everything else pales in comparison to that.

There's no way anyone in the world is having more fun than I am. I truly believe that.

My motto: 'No good movie is depressing. All bad movies are depressing.'

Sometimes I find that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had ever been miserable.

Happiness is like a cloud, if you stare at it long enough, it evaporates.

Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.

Nothing to me feels as good as laughing incredibly hard.

It's true, I do like cheering people up.

Nothing will ever equal that moment of joyous excitement which filled my whole being when I felt myself flying away from the earth. It was not mere pleasure; it was perfect bliss. Escaped from the frightful torments of persecution and of calumny, I felt that I was answering all in rising above all.

Comedy gives you a shot of euphoria that distracts you from everything that's awful.

I love the energy, and I just love watching people lose their minds and be happy and exhilarated. There is nothing like it.

I got my buzz from playing.

Theater has always been much more fun. You get a laugh, and it's really encouraging.

I hope to continue to support, to inspire, to motivate, to encourage... in the hopes that maybe the world can get a little bit more giggle.

I'm just trying to be funny, trying to make people laugh, and trying to make the world a better place through some jokes. I don't have words for it. It's so overwhelming.

With each song, I'm trying to go after that feeling of elation, of euphoria. It's not the only feeling in the world; it's just the one I thought I should try to focus on and find the most effective way of getting there.