Tom Bodett
Related It should be only a part of my life, but it isn't. I have only one thing: my work. NASTASSJA KINSKI ERIC BOGOSIAN KENDRA WILKINSON HALLE BERRY I think laughter is the best medicine. If you can't laugh at yourself, then you can't laugh ... DAVID HASSELHOFF STEPHEN COLBERT BILLIE BURKE TOM PETERS I love my work, and I feel fortunate to be doing a job I love, but it isn't the centre of my lif... NATASHA LITTLE One longs to be funny, to make people laugh. Laughter is such a sign of approval, isn't it? TOM BAKER GEORGE GERSHWIN KELLEY ARMSTRONG TOM BODETT For 20 years I've gotten to laugh my way through my work. For me, that's a dream job. BARBARA PARK RICHARD SIMMONS ADAM SANDLER I learned really early on that I had to treat it as if it were a real job. This might be my middle c... ALICE MCDERMOTT I think that Americans find the Australian humour and the energy of Australians very refreshing - we... TERESA PALMER CHAIM POTOK ADAM DRIVER JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE ROBERT VAUGHN I don't want to be Tom Cruise. I'm not after some movie blockbuster career. That's not t... RANDY HARRISON Maybe it's a cultural thing, being Korean, but my first reflex has always been to exude humility... STEVEN YEUN GEORGE W. BUSH My early work is the result of going around that very territory where I lived and not seeing it. GRANT WOOD DEBRA WINGER It's always been my expectation to be the top guy, the face of the company, the one with all of ... ROMAN REIGNS My humor isn't meant to be mean or hurt anyone. But it's to make them uncomfortable and laug... CHARLYNE YI I love my work and enjoy making children laugh. Laughter cannot be imitated. It comes from the heart... BOB BELL ROWAN ATKINSON VINNY GUADAGNINO EVA LONGORIA CHUCK PALAHNIUK MINDY KALING I was very good at my work and I wasn't real good at my life. BOB GREENE LOUIS C. K. JANE AUSTEN AMBER HURDLE 'Big Bang Theory' is not my kind of show. It's not my humor. I don't like multicam c... ZACHARY KNIGHTON NATHAN FIELDER Be positive and laugh at everything. ALEXANDRA ROACH CARA DELEVINGNE ALAN ALDA My parents always got a kick out of my art. I was always able to make them laugh. As I got older, I ... STEVE BREEN People try to look for deep meanings in my work. I want to say, 'They're just cartoons, folk... GARY LARSON ABRAHAM LINCOLN Food still isn't my thing, but I've learned to respect its power and significance. J. R. MOEHRINGER It is very important as a human being to be able to laugh at yourself and circumstances and particul... YVETTE NICOLE BROWN It's great isn't it, all this exercise lark? I used to laugh at people on treadmills; now I ... RICHARD DESMOND The older books were quite light-hearted. But I think most of my novels do end on a deep note of pes... RUTH PRAWER JHABVALA SPENCER JOHNSON TOM HANKS DONALD JUDD When I play a game, I want to play, not necessarily laugh. If you try to make me laugh at the expens... DOUG TENNAPEL Life is just a bowl of cherries, don't take it serious, its mysterious. Life is just a bowl of c... BOB FOSSE I don't look at the work of my contemporaries very much; I tend to look at pictures by dead arti... HOWARD HODGKIN People who are mean or unkind or rigid - think about it - cannot laugh at themselves. If we can'... EILEEN BRENNAN RICHARD SIMMONS HARRISON FORD My favorite thing to pass the time in the makeup chair is YouTube videos of talking cats. I don'... DOUG JONES I just wanna build momentum again. Keeping yourself in work is one thing, keeping yourself in good w... IAN HART MAYA ANGELOU LOUIS C. K. MILEY CYRUS CHELSEA HANDLER Don't be afraid to fail. You're going to go on a million auditions, and most of them you won... IKE BARINHOLTZ DANNY STRONG My mother was funnier than anybody I ever worked for. My father was as funny as this coat. Not a lau... GARRY MARSHALL CHIWETEL EJIOFOR The most exciting thing I aspire to do is to write something new that I know is going to work, or pe... B. J. NOVAK The fashion world tells me how much they love my work, but they don't hire me very often. Tom Fo... MARILYN MINTER PRIYANKA CHOPRA CHARLIZE THERON DONALD JUDD It is OK to laugh at others ONLY if you can laugh at yourself, your faults, your imperfections first... DIANA RAQUEL SAINZ JOHN MILTON I don't care who's No. 1 on the call sheet or how big my trailer is. I care about the work. ... MARK HARMON JESSE MCCARTNEY OLGA KURYLENKO BEN SCHNETZER JASON DAY If we can't laugh at ourselves and the human condition, we're going to be mean. EILEEN BRENNAN I enjoyed Jonathan Franzen's 'Freedom.' Would I make that into a film? I think it's ... PETER WEIR TWINKLE KHANNA TREVOR NOAH 'Sabotage' was an opportunity. That was journeyman work, but the irony is I learned more off... DAVID AYER There is not a racist bone in my dad's body. He doesn't even laugh at distasteful jokes. ALAN WILSON Being married to a footballer is some girls' dream, but it isn't always like that. I work. ABBEY CLANCY STEVEN WRIGHT JOHN KRASINSKI I've had moments where I realize my body isn't going to withstand many more seasons, but I a... CAT OSTERMAN CRAIG GROESCHEL My advice to new actors is: Don't be lazy. Go after what you desire. Don't heed the commonpl... JUDITH HOAG Yet the best determining factor of how comfortable we are with ourselves, is our ability to laugh at... WES ADAMSON JIM BUTCHER We always thought the Tom Tom Club could change to anything, but it acquired this image, which was c... TINA WEYMOUTH CHARLIE CHAPLIN BILL HICKS It's such a great feeling to make people laugh. I know I've made people cry or want to slit ... JOAN ALLEN
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