A Quote by Sherman Hemsley

Making people laugh was automatic.

Sherman Hemsley

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Automatic Laugh Making Making People Laugh People

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Sherman Hemsley
American - Actor
February 1, 1938 - July 24, 2012

A lot of thought goes into making people laugh. Comedy is never easy. Making people cry is easier than making them laugh.

Johnny Lever

I always knew I wanted to do comedy. I like making people laugh. I started out young just making my family laugh and trying to make kids laugh in school and getting into plays. I think it's the only thing I know how to do so hopefully it works out.

Jillian Bell

I realized that comedians of the day were operating on jokes and punch lines. The moment you say the punch line, the audience either laughs sincerely or they laugh automatically or they don't laugh. The thing that bothered me was that automatic laugh. I said, that's not real laughter.

Steve Martin

My brother was a great audience, and if he liked the picture, he would laugh and laugh and laugh, and he would want to keep the picture. Making people laugh with an image I had created... what power that was!

Lynn Johnston

I love making people laugh and by the way I still do that with the charitable efforts on my part because I believe that people need to laugh.

Goldie Hawn

I'm making the statement that we should all live life and have a laugh. Nakedness is a thing where people take notice. If you do it in the right way, people laugh.

Mark Roberts

My parents always got a kick out of my art. I was always able to make them laugh. As I got older, I remember the thrill I got when I graduated from making my classmates laugh to making adults laugh. Kind of a watershed moment.

Steve Breen

There's gratification in making somebody laugh. It's a wonderful sound. I find myself, to this day, doing it, wanting to make people laugh.

Bob Newhart

I have been so busy making people laugh with my acting, so I thought why not direct something and make my audience laugh more.

Satish Kaushik

[As a kid] I did enjoy making people laugh but I was also attracted to funny people. I'm [still] quite happy to not be the one trying to make other people laugh. I'm happy laughing at someone else. I enjoy laughing and I'll happily be the one just laughing all night if you can make me laugh.

Ricky Gervais

There's nothing wrong with making people laugh. We all need to laugh. Sometimes I get all these laughs inside of me, and there's no place to let 'em out.

Charlotte Rae

There is no harm in making people laugh by making fun of yourself. What's wrong is when people derive pleasure from making fun of others.

Diljit Dosanjh

I've felt very comfortable on stage and love making people laugh. It's that kind of addictive thing where you get a laugh and you just want more.

Lucy DeVito

We have a curious relationship with 'funny' in the U.K. We love to laugh, but we also think that making people laugh is just a little bit second-tier, especially in a literary context.