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Laugh Quotes

Quotes about making people laugh, and why it matters.

Several quotes here come from comedians talking shop - inventing answers for interviewers, building prop comedy on the fly, choosing stand-up over acting because making a room laugh felt more honest. Funny is the natural next stop.

It's one thing to make people laugh, but after a certain point, comedy is almost cheap.

Quotes by Adam Conover

In a live setting, the audience is trapped and can't leave. That really makes the audience be with you and laugh more because you're there.

Quotes by Adam Conover

I'm not comically oriented. I get angry and I start complaining and then people start laughing. I don't even want them to laugh half the time.

Quotes by Adam Carolla

I've fallen to make people laugh. Often.

Quotes by Ad-Rock

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.

Abraham Lincoln

If a man is tongue-tied, don't laugh at him, but, rather, feel pity for him, as you would for a man with broken legs.

Quotes by Abraham Cahan

It's funny, the hardest thing to do is to make something look like it's fast, loose and improvised, and get somebody to laugh.

Quotes by Abel Ferrara

I'm pretty goofy. I laugh at my own jokes.

Quotes by Abby Wambach

I want to make people laugh.

Quotes by Abby Elliott

There haven't been a lot of superhero movies with female leads, and there have been even fewer - if any - that were truly funny. I heard Ant-Man was, but I haven't seen that yet. So, that would be my...

Quotes by Abbi Jacobson

I'm the interpreter. I'm the one who takes your words and brings them to life. I was trained to sing and dance and laugh, and that's what I want to do.

Quotes by Aaliyah

Bald isn't like being ethnic or disabled. Everyone can and will make jokes about it and expect you to laugh good-naturedly, which you will.

Quotes by A. A. Gill

Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it.

Quotes by Zosia Mamet

A great benefit of having parents in the same profession is if I do have a terrible audition story, I can call them up, and we can laugh about it because they get it. That's always been a great therapeutic...

Quotes by Zoe Perry

I can't help but laugh at how perfect I am.

Quotes by Zlatan Ibrahimovic

When I was young, I had this feeling that there was this handbook that I had never gotten that explained how to be, how to laugh, what to wear, how to stand by yourself in the hallway. Everyone looked so...

Quotes by Ze Frank

I think if aliens came to Earth, we would laugh. If there was an alien technology, we would laugh.

Quotes by Zal Batmanglij

There are always going to be your supporters, and then there are going to be haters. I kind of laugh at them.

Quotes by Zack Steffen

'Big Bang Theory' is not my kind of show. It's not my humor. I don't like multicam comedies. I don't want an audience to tell me when to laugh.

Quotes by Zachary Knighton

In fifth grade, we had to write a story and read it in front of the class. When I read mine out, the class were just belly laughing. And I remember being like, 'This is the coolest!' So I want...

Quotes by Zach Braff

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about laughing at interview questions?
Yes — one quote admits, "I have to laugh internally when I'm asked in interviews what nightspots I like to hit," since the answer often has to be made up on the spot.
Is there a quote about making people laugh through prop comedy?
Yes, one quote explains a preference for "prop comedy" when trying to make someone laugh in everyday life, as opposed to telling one-liners on stage.
Is there a quote about choosing comedy over acting?
Yes — one quote describes taking an acting class where the teacher quit after the first day, and realizing they'd rather "make 200 people laugh" than continue down a different path in acting. It's a personal story about finding stand-up comedy as a calling. For more on comedic, lighthearted quotes, see our Funny quotes.
Is there a quote about humor in a poetry collection?
Yes, one quote mentions "some humour in 'Family Values.'" while also noting "there are quite a lot of poems there that aren't funny at all" — showing the collection isn't purely comedic.
Where can I find more quotes about humor and everyday life?
Browse our Always quotes, Good quotes, or Life quotes for more in a similar vein.

Not every laugh is broad comedy, either - one quote notes that not all poetry is meant to be funny. See Life or Good for more tonal range.