#laugh

I have a suspicion that a lot of artists are trying to get a laugh but, unlike stand-ups, they don't get an immediate response from their audience; a laugh is a rare thing in a gallery. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#audience #gallery #get #i #immediate

Ninety-eight per cent of laughter is nothing to do with jokes, which do not deserve to bear the weight of all the funny stuff in the world. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#cent #deserve #funny #funny stuff #jokes

The Bible has no doubt had much influence in its time, but it provides very few laughs. None, in fact. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#doubt #fact #few #had #in fact

When I was eight or nine, I wrote a new version of 'Peter Pan' for the school play. They didn't use it - I imagine it was unperformable - but as recompense for not doing my script, I was offered any role, and instinctively went for Captain Hook. I came on trying to be terrifying, but everyone laughed at me. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#came #captain #doing #eight #everyone

When synchronised swimming first appeared on TV, we laughed very heartily, and I, for one, applauded the decision to introduce humour into the Olympics. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#applauded #decision #first #heartily #humour

Just before she died she asked, What is the answer? No answer came. She laughed and said, In that case, what is the question? Then she died. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#asked #before #came #case #died

During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men. I decided to become one. ↗

— Jerry Stiller

#become #decided #depression #disappeared #during

I've made myself laugh from some ideas - but I've never scared myself. ↗

— R. L. Stine

#ideas #laugh #made #myself #never

The most important thing for me as an actor playing a character is to make you laugh. That's my No. 1 goal. ↗