Lighten the Mood Quotes

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.

Humor does not diminish the pain - it makes the space around it get bigger.

Laughing about something is one of the more accessible ways to approach a difficult issue.

The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.

Humor can bring people under the tent. And a good joke can deflect some of the intensity surrounding a serious subject.

When people are taking something extremely seriously, that's the time to take out the pig's bladder.

Laughter can help relieve tension in even the heaviest of matters.

I use humor as a way to digest anything.

You look for comic relief in difficult times.

Humour allows people to exhale a little.

Things can be funny when people are uneasy. It softens them up and stops them falling asleep on the sofa. I like those moments where people half-smile and half-wince.

It's good to laugh at times that feel inappropriate.

Try to find someone with a sense of humor. That's an important thing to have because when you get into an argument, one of the best ways to diffuse it is to be funny. You don't want to hide away from a point, because some points are serious, but you'd rather have a discussion that was a discussion, rather than an argument.

Celebrate your success and find humor in your failures. Don't take yourself so seriously. Loosen up and everyone around you will loosen up. Have fun and always show enthusiasm. When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song.

You can get through very serious and sometimes horrible and sometimes embarrassing and very awkward situations with humor. It gives us a way out.

If you ruin the main course of a dinner party, it ain't all that tragic. Just laugh!

Because of the tension and difficulty, I remember trying to do the silliest things when we weren't rolling cameras, anything to lift the spirits. But once on set, it was important to have full concentration.

Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.