Tommy Cooper Quotes

I'm not a broad comic, but I think I can be funny and I think I make people laugh.

What's nice with comedy is that you know it's working if it's funny.

A lot of people can find something to laugh at in my humor, I guess.

As a comic, you are trying to please people in some way - to make them laugh.

Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.

One longs to be funny, to make people laugh. Laughter is such a sign of approval, isn't it?

I just love to make a whole roomful of people laugh.

I think it's awesome to be able to make people laugh.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

If you can get a laugh out of a name, you're ahead of the game.

It's good to be funny when you are a comedian.

I lived to make Scott Baio laugh.

I love being able to make people laugh.

A joke is a way to say, 'I'm going to do something funny now. If I don't get a laugh at the end, I'm a failure.'

If it gets laughs, it's funny.

Comedy is unique in the sense that laughter is a palpable noise that everyone makes.

I think people are always looking for a good comedy.

My job is to bring the tickle. I know what's funny.

I always like to watch comics and it's interesting that you can tell if someone's funny in 10 seconds.

I love doing comedy. It's a lot of fun.

I think that sometimes you do something that makes a small group of people laugh, which is all we were trying to do; we were just trying to make each other laugh.

Kind of the exhausting thing about doing pure comedy, or something that's broader, is you're kind of a slave to the laugh. If it's not funny, then there's not much point in doing it. The kind of ueber-objective is to make people laugh. You always have to have that in the back of your mind, 'Eh, I've got to figure out a way to make this funny.'

I love physical comedy. I adore comedy of any kind.

I pretty much will do anything for a laugh.

You can't substitute the act of making people laugh. It's definitely something that actors like to do.