#laughing

The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#evidence #hear #jail #jury #laughing

I really love laughing. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#laughing #love #really

The thing that is incredibly helpful is that we screen the movies and we ask the audience if they like it or not and we ask a lot of questions and do testing on the movies. For comedies, at least, it's very helpful. If they're not laughing and they don't say that they loved it, then I have screwed up. ↗

— Judd Apatow

#audience #comedies #helpful #i #incredibly

And people are intrigued if I really am as grumpy in real life. People feel a bit let down if I'm laughing or smiling. ↗

— Jack Dee

#bit #down #feel #grumpy #i

I remember once having to stop performing when I thought an elderly man a few rows back from the front was actually going to die because he was laughing so hard. ↗

— Adrian Edmondson

#back #because #die #elderly #few

In fifth grade, we had to write a story and read it in front of the class. When I read mine out, the class were just belly laughing. And I remember being like, 'This is the coolest!' So I want to dedicate my life to trying to make people laugh. I can't imagine doing anything else. ↗

— Zach Braff

#being #belly #class #coolest #dedicate

Why not provoke some thought and get people talking about things? I like characters that are flawed because we all are. When people break up in a script, you think, Oh, right, there must be tears shed here. But maybe the fact of the matter is that they're both laughing. ↗

— Michael Fassbender

#because #both #break #break up #characters

Kids enjoy laughing and are seldom bored when they find something funny. They also ask questions, often to adults, because they understand that the more words they can comprehend about a funny story or a joke, the more they'll enjoy it. ↗

— Brian P. Cleary

#also #ask #because #bored #comprehend

If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth. ↗

— John Cleese

#better #get #i #i can #ideas

One thing that I am proud of: I am really capable of laughing at myself. ↗

— Penelope Cruz

#capable #i #i am #laughing #myself