#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

We will miss George for his sense of love, his sense of music and his sense of laughter. ↗

— Ringo Starr

#his #laughter #love #miss #music

If they weren't laughing with me, okay; if they want to laugh at me it's better than nothing. ↗

— Peter Steele

#laugh #laughing #me #nothing #okay

Being able to laugh is sexy in a man or woman. ↗

— Rachel Stevens

#being #laugh #man #sexy #woman

That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#lived #loved #man #much #often

You know, you grow up with the image of John Travolta being super cool - 'Saturday Night Fever,' Brian De Palma, handsome young god... he, in reality, is a very silly man. And I mean that in a good way. He'll walk around the set talking in little weird voices, making people laugh. ↗

— Eric Stoltz

#being #brian #cool #fever #god