Character Quote by Harry Shearer

I just try to deliver the laughs every time I get the opportunity.

— Kenan Thompson

Approaching a comedy character is fun because you get to sit down with the director and ask, "What makes you laugh?" Then you end…

— Matthew Lewis

If you try to go for a laugh, it's death to the comedy. Personally, that's how I approach comedy. But I'm no expert.

— Rachel Weisz

People don't understand how much time and work it takes to make somebody laugh, and how hard it is to write a script, to…

— Marlon Wayans

Once you learn how to make people laugh, then you get to choose exactly how you want to make them laugh.

— John Oliver

There's something really wonderful about making people laugh, and if you can find the laughs within a dramatic piece, it's also very rewarding.

— Gemma Whelan

That's when you're laughing the hardest because you're not really in character. You're just trying to learn the moves, but once they call, "Action!",…

— Malin Akerman

If you play comedic scenes like they're really serious, then it's so much more funny than if you're going for a laugh.

— Patton Oswalt

You can't instruct an audience to laugh, but what you can do is read well and understand the spirit and subtleties, if there are…

— Tommy Lee Jones

Laughs are always needed.

— Katie Stevens

I just wanted laughs - that's really what I was after.

— Larry David

Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, that's funny.

— Norm MacDonald