The Four Levels of Comedy: Make your friends laugh, Make strangers laugh, Get paid to make strangers laugh, and Make people talk like you because it's so much fun.
Jerry Seinfeld
Related The Four Levels of Comedy: Make your friends laugh, Make strangers laugh, Get paid to make strangers... JERRY SEINFELD The first purpose of comedy is to make people laugh. Anything deeper is a bonus. Some comedians want... TREVOR NOAH Real comedy doesn't just make people laugh and think, but makes them laugh and change. SAM KINISON I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much . . . because it's the only thi... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him PHAEDRUS Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, tha... NORM MACDONALD I’ve found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much . . . because it’s the o... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN All great comedians make me laugh, but people make me laugh more. LOUIE ANDERSON There are thousands of ways to make people laugh - satire, black comedy, slapstick. NAWAZUDDIN SIDDIQUI It's much easier to make people cry than to make them laugh VIVIEN LEIGH It's easy to make me laugh, you can make me laugh, anyone can make me laugh, but that certainly does... C. JOYBELL C. I look for friends who make me laugh. CHRISTIAN LACROIX Comedy is much more difficult than tragedy-and a much better training, I think. It's much easier... VIVIEN LEIGH I like to do comedy. It's my real passion. I want to make people laugh. GAD ELMALEH I love to laugh. I love to make people laugh. DREAMA WALKER friends are the persons who make you laugh when you cry SHANTHIPRIYA If you want to make an audience laugh, you dress a man up like an old lady and push her down the sta... TINA FEY Italians make you laugh and break your heart. CHLOE THURLOW I do love comedy, and when it's a comedy moment and you can make people laugh, of course it is w... MAGGIE SMITH People expect us to be different, but we're not. We're very similar people, and it's bec... ADRIAN EDMONDSON Anyone can make people laugh with a good joke but a truly funny person will make you laugh telling a... DANIEL GRAVES Laugh at your friends, and if your friends are sore; So much the better, you may laugh the more. HENRY WARD BEECHER I want to make people laugh. ABBY ELLIOTT If you have good friends, no matter how much life is sucking , they can make you laugh. P.C. CAST If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it. ERMA BOMBECK Before you make fun of someone, think about how you'd feel in their place. You shouldn't laugh, teas... CHRIS POULOS laugh can make your soul happy. JALAL HAIDER You have to make them laugh and then make them listen. AIDAN QUINN I would get my laugh insured! Because my laugh is very important: it's a million dollar laugh, s... KENDRA WILKINSON If every word I said could make you laugh, I'd talk forever... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE If every word I said could make you laugh, I'd talk forever... CAT STEVENS You want to make people laugh and by virtue of that please them, but when you're instructed to m... SARAH SILVERMAN I surround myself with people who make me laugh. ALLEN IVERSON I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts... because it's the only thing that'll ... ROBERT HEINLEIN If you want to make people weep, you must weep yourself. If you want to make people laugh, your face... GIOVANNI JACOPO CASANOVA It is easier to make people cry than to make them laugh. SOURCE UNKNOWN Films with a message just make me laugh. CLAUDE CHABROL Jim Norton and Harland Williams always make me laugh. DANE COOK I like bringing comedy to musicals. That's what's so much fun about this show, because the writers a... CASEY NICHOLAW To make a good movie, you have to make people laugh. To make a great movie, however, you have to mak... DONALD LYNN FROST Make em laugh; make em cry; make em wait. CHARLES READE I like to make people laugh, because for those brief few seconds, i forget my miseries. BRANDON CIACCIO She always come over here, make us laugh whenever we down and out, she come, make us laugh. BELINDA TORRES though it don't make you laugh outright, it may chance to make ye draw in your Lips, and shew your T... MIGUEL DE CERVANTES Our winners make you laugh ? but they also make you think, MARC ABRAHAMS Everyone who has ever met me for at least five minutes knows I'm a really funny person. I love t... SIMONE ELKELES Truth will never make you to laugh. NOOR AHMED It's a positive thing to talk about terrible things and make people laugh about them. LOUIS C. K. I'd heard that you can make people laugh in opera, GARRY MARSHALL I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts... because its the only thing that'll m... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN If fate doesn't make you laugh, you just don't get the joke. GREGORY DAVID ROBERTS Don't Laugh on others pain..
Try to Make them laugh out of their pain..
Be Smile.. Make smile..
#Ace... DINACE KUMAR C If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans. WOODY ALLEN Basically we just do flips and make people laugh. JEFF HARDIN My goal is to try new things, to make people forget their problems, make them laugh, and for them to... CHARO I get more satisfaction out of comedy stuff. I'm a laugh tart. I make no secret of that fact. HUGH GRANT R.I.P. Jerry Lewis You made us laugh in life. Now you have a chance to make God and all o... ANTHONY T. HINCKS I'm a good audience in general, but it's hard to make me laugh. DAN FOGLER Follow the advice of those who make you crie, never of those who make you laugh ARAB PROVERB How to make God laugh: Tell him your future plans. WOODY ALLEN If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything. MARILYN MONROE If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything. MARILYN MONROE ...If you can make a girl laugh - you can make her do anything... MARILYN MONROE I love a girl that can make me laugh. I am not really a laugh-at-things type of guy and I don't smil... JESSE MCCARTNEY My favourite people to follow on Twitter are... my fans. They make me laugh so much and keep me smil... ELLIE GOULDING I just love to make a whole roomful of people laugh. HOPE DAVIS I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much... because it's the only thing ... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Things that make me laugh range from a wonderful stand-up like Jerry Seinfeld, Louis C.K. and Chris ... JASON ALEXANDER Make 'em laugh; make 'em cry; make 'em wait. CHARLES READE I love Vines. You make this 6.4-second drama, and you can reach 6 million viewer, and make people la... JOAN RIVERS You had to know a person well to make them laugh like that. CASSANDRA CLARE What's matter of importance is that if you can make your ownself laugh and smile. SHAILEE J-N I like to be goofy. I like to make people laugh. I like to have a good time as much as possible. CARA DELEVINGNE I do not get offended if you insult me, laugh at me or even make fun of me. I am offended when you d... SAMEH ELSAYED It's such a great feeling to make people laugh. I know I've made people cry or want to slit their wr... JOAN ALLEN Be around people that make you want to be a better person, who make you feel good, make you laugh, a... GERMANY KENT A good story should make you laugh, and a moment later break your heart. CHUCK PALAHNIUK If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if... JOHN CLEESE I have such fond memories of Annabelle ... just her whole personality, ... We loved to make her laug... ALLISON JANNEY If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you. OSCAR WILDE Like other kids wanted to become firemen or astronauts, I wanted to make people laugh. STEVEN WRIGHT I love a girl that can make me laugh. I am not really a laugh-at-things type of guy and I don't ... JESSE MCCARTNEY We only have one agenda, which is to make 'em laugh their pants off. Unless they are girls, of c... ADRIAN EDMONDSON I'm a fabulous date, I make sure I look good, I like hearing what a guy has to say and I make su... EVA LONGORIA An onion can make people cry but there's never been a vegetable that can make people laugh. WILL ROGERS Though it make the unskillful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE We always make each other laugh. CAITLIN DAVIS They make friends, they laugh, they share They stay in touch, they care. CHRISTINA ENGELA The real good comedians, like Chaplin, would make you laugh and a second later, cry. MARTIN LANDAU I love men who make me laugh. NASTASSJA KINSKI For me, the most attractive thing in a man is the ability to make me laugh. MOLLIE KING You make me laugh so hard that I actually pee in my knickers. RACHEL WEISZ The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself. OLIVER GOLDSMITH You have to learn the crowd. I just pay attention to them so I can make sure I can make them laugh. DANE COOK I like fearless characters, people just not afraid to do anything it takes to make people laugh. DANE COOK I always wanted attention, and I realized I could make people laugh. LUSIA STRUS I'm kind of a laugh junkie. It's what I appreciate in life, because life is rich and sometim... MARY STEENBURGEN An onion can make people cry, but there has never been a vegetable invented to make them laugh. WILL ROGERS Comedy is such a vulnerable thing. With drama, you're not trying to make someone cry. If you do,... HARLEY QUINN SMITH
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