Shelley Berman Quotes

I used to have costumed characters come out, like SpongeBob. It's just fun to make it into this minor event, just to surprise people and experiment and be weird and just have fun with it. I've done just the hour stand-up, and that's fun, but the other stuff makes it fun for me and gives me something to react to and bounce off of.

I like to be goofy. I like to make people laugh. I like to have a good time as much as possible.

We don't worry about continuity because when we're doing so many improvs, it's better to get the laugh. It's better to get the great lines even if they're in the wrong part of the room.

I love to make people laugh, and do things that are surprising and different.

If you take yourself too seriously, you're dead in the water. I think the key to all is to have a laugh, have fun, and express every desire you had, as a kid.

But if you don't watch me, I will try and sneak in some humor. I see humor everywhere in life around me.

I'm always trying to make myself laugh. I'm the most enthusiastic audience I'm likely to find, so if it doesn't make me smile then it probably won't work on you. The jokes that only make me shrug get cut.

I have, like, two and a half years of failed jokes that I know I wouldn't repeat, but I certainly have no comprehension of what definitely works. And the only gauge that I can go by is, 'This makes me laugh,' and is joyful... I like to, if possible, do things that people can enjoy and it doesn't take anybody down.

It's funny, the hardest thing to do is to make something look like it's fast, loose and improvised, and get somebody to laugh.

Honestly, I just like to make movies. The funnier the better.

I do what makes me laugh.

I like comedy a lot. I love comedy. It's so much fun, but it's hard, too.

I like surprising my audiences, and it's compulsory to have fun and be silly; I never take myself quite too seriously.

At the end of the day, I know that I make my living by dressing up, fooling around, playing pranks and giving people a good time. I am enjoying the ride.

I just think it's fun to remind people that good television has exited and it can exist again and just to give them pleasure and enjoy it and make them laugh.

I like to see people laugh who are normally serious.

With comedy, I like to not rehearse and just have fun with it, because I think being spontaneous is the best thing for a comedy, in my opinion.

I love comedy; I'm very goofy and spontaneous.

Comedy can be fun no matter what you're playing. It always has the potential to be a blast.

It's always fun to improvise.

I crack myself up. Even I don't know what I'm going to say next.

I love having fun and make people laugh. And that's my quality, which has been blessed by God and I love doing it, bringing smiles on the face of people.

If anything, I've probably tended more toward humor in my writing and veered more toward pleasure in my personal life.

My only goal is to make the crew laugh, basically. It's the only litmus I have to know, is this good or not?

There's something very edgy about Bill Murray out there improvising.