Becomes Quote by Paul F. Tompkins

When the response to comedy becomes cheering instead of laughing, that is so irritating. It's the worst. Here's what cheering is: "Look at me!"…

— Paul F. Tompkins

I hate it when people come to comedy shows thinking it's going to be simply all about laughing at jokes.

— Deon Cole

There are so many different ways of making people laugh and sometimes you sit down to watch something that everyone says is hilarious and…

— Limmy

It's grueling never knowing if the audience is going to think you're funny. It's soul-destroying when they don't laugh.

— Vince Vaughn

Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's the laughter that allows hope to creep…

— Will Durst

There is nothing worse than when someone's obnoxious laughter ruins a good movie.

— Anonymous

Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy.

— Bryant H. McGill

Even in the things that look most frivolous there has to be the threat of something quite painful to make the comedy work. I…

— Michael Frayn

The fact is that comedy is actually too serious to be taken seriously. It may be that comedy touches such deep emotions that people…

— Abe Burrows

One thing that bugs me in comedy is when somebody does a fake cry, you know, like they fake cry in a comedy. But…

— Sam Rockwell

People are funny, and in the most tragic situations, when comedy erupts from nowhere, it can turn on its head within the space of…

— Sally Hawkins

I've always been drawn to discomfort and that limbo of unease you get between comedy and tragedy. Making people laugh one moment and the…

— Steve Coogan