Donald O'Connor Quotes

I enjoy keeping busy, and fortunately for me, there's a large audience out there who are keen to hear me sing. It's their love and affection that keep me going.

I never sang for a Grammy, for money, for fame. That's my whole purpose for singing: for people, for the fans.

To be a comedian, you gotta jokesmith, there's no way around it.

Women do come up to me after a show, but it's usually to say, 'Yhank you for making us laugh,' and all that.

I can't imagine working without and audience.

I don't know who I touch and who I don't. I work hard trying to make people laugh. I try to do the kind of stuff that made me laugh growing up. I don't have any secrets. I don't know the reasons I've been so well received.

I started quite young at school, compering a charity event at an old people's home. I would do stand up and impressions and enjoyed the laughter. It's very addictive. It's a lovely sensation to say something and hear a whole room laugh.

I've never thought that what I do as an actor does anything for anybody, other than making them laugh once in a while.

I realize how desperate it sounds for me, as a comedian, to ask you to laugh at my jokes.

People come up to me and they thank me: 'I thank you for the many, many hours of laughter.'

Oh, I love stand-up.

For my stand-up, I always have my notebook with me and if something strikes me, I'll write it down.

There's an art to comedy.

I've been at it since 1967, and I still love it. There is nothing quite like making people laugh.

My job is to take what I think is funny and to make other people think it's funny, too.

I sing because I love it. People may come to my shows because they are curious about 'Wonder Woman' but I hope they return because they enjoy my singing.

I'll never stop doing stand-up. There's nothing better than getting in front of 2,500 people and making an entire room laugh.

I've never had a Plan B. I've just always wanted to make people laugh, that's it.

I just love writing songs and singing them. People seem to enjoy them, and that's all you can really ask for. I didn't get into it to try to be a celebrity or whatever.

We want to be just like the greatest band. But I think we're just sort of both naturally humorous fellas.

I've been lucky enough to do this fantastic job now for more than 50 years. To make people laugh, to entertain, create a wide range of emotions - it has always been a tremendous thrill for me, and it still is.

I don't usually eulogise about people, but I saw Russell Brand doing stand-up before he was really high profile. I didn't really know what to expect but I laughed until my belly ached.

It brings me joy to hear that people are laughing at my scene in 'Due Date.'

I love comedy. I like to think that there's a sense of humor in some of my music - obviously not all of it.

Laughter is the greatest music in the world and audiences come to my shows to escape the cares of life. They don't want to be embarrassed or insulted. They want to laugh and so do I - which is probably why it works.