Chris Rock Quotes

One longs to be funny, to make people laugh. Laughter is such a sign of approval, isn't it?

If I say a joke and the audience laughs it makes me feel good.

A jest's prosperity lies in the ear

I just wanted laughs - that's really what I was after.

My goal is to entertain myself and others.

There hasn't been one show that we did, that I didn't enjoy to some extent.

I just want to keep people entertained.

I want to entertain.

I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny.

I love to watch good actors who surprise and amuse me.

I really enjoy comedy. It's a real challenge.

I do love comedy, and when it's a comedy moment and you can make people laugh, of course it is wonderful.

It's such a great feeling to make people laugh. I know I've made people cry or want to slit their wrists, but to make people laugh is a very intoxicating, wonderful thing.

I like making people laugh. That's fun for me.

But when they offered this little situation for me to do this voice in this special segment, I found it so incredibly humorous that I said yes, and I enjoyed it. It was fun.

For me, the great joy is to watch an audience watching what I've made. To hear not a peep from the audience at the right moment, and then to hear the laughs and the cheers.

I won't do something unless I can get at least two or three good laughs out of it. If I can't, it's not gonna make the team.

I am happy that I have entertained people and made them happy.

I do what makes me laugh.

I love my jokes.

As an entertainer, my job is to help people have fun.

I just want to entertain.

Laughter is binary: It either happens or it doesn't. As each joke arrives in the course of a film, the cavernous space of the theater is either filled with joy and laughter or with the quiet of cringing embarrassment. Every time you step to the plate to make a joke, you're going to experience one or the other.

I love comedy, so you want to make them happy, make them laugh.

I guess as you get older you sort of see the mechanics, even with the best comedians. There's admiration for people I admire, but it's not guttural laughter. It's a wry 'Oh, well done, sir.' But I sort of miss that slightly; I miss the raw joy of comedy I used to get.