I often find in doing tragedy, or doing very serious material, that there's a level of anxiety that builds that often leads to laughter in some cases. In between takes, there can often be a lightness.
I loved listening to laughter even as a little kid.
Laughter kills lonesome. It's one of the great things in our lives.
One longs to be funny, to make people laugh. Laughter is such a sign of approval, isn't it?
Sudden glory is the passion which maketh those grimaces called laughter.
Now, a recent study from cardiologists at the University of Maryland, has shown that laughter may have a beneficial effect on the heart.
I think it's important to make art for a myriad of reasons. The least of which is that I think laughter is medicinal, and I think there is an escapism aspect - an act of self-care.
I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.
It is not time for mirth and laughter, the cold, gray dawn of the morning after.
Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.
Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.
Laughter can bring a new perspective.
When I was in kindergarten, I had one line in a little play. I said, I am Patrick Potato and this is my cousin, Mrs. Tomato, and I heard laughter. I wanted to be an actress from that moment on.
Even though standup seems like one-way conversation, if you're doing it right, it's actually a two-way discussion between the comic and the audience... the audience just happens to be communicating through laughter.
Comedy is a live art, and the only way to record a comedy rock album is to do it live. The audience and their laughter is just as much a part of the album sound as our music. No retakes, no room for error.
That's also why comedy and horror are my two favorite genres of film to write, because you get these outbursts of emotion from people, laughter and shock, and it's really thrilling, and I like to be thrilled.
Comedy is unique in the sense that laughter is a palpable noise that everyone makes.
May this marriage be full of laughter, our every day in paradise.
My professional life in Hollywood has been filled with joy and laughter.
Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.
