Body Quote by Richard Coles

I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to…

— Ted Danson

“If life came with an audience, mine would be laughing hysterically right now.”

— Katie Kacvinsky

At Rada, I was cast as Lady Macbeth and tried to do it as seriously as I could, but people still started laughing. I…

— Daisy May Cooper

I think I would say 'The King's Speech' is surprisingly funny, in fact the audiences in London, Toronto, LA, New York commented there's more…

— Tom Hooper

Standup comedy was my weird hobby. I would drag my poor parents out to the only open mics that were in coffee shops instead…

— Alexandra Petri

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

What I would love to do is more telly comedy. I did a tiny bit in 'Toast of London' and was in one episode…

— Sheila Hancock

The audience bursts into laughter. With the tragic gag I don't expect the audience to laugh (if they do, I have failed) but I…

— Jean Cocteau

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

— Thomas Gibson

I'll do anything to keep everyone laughing. Things get too intense on film sets. I remember on The Elephant Man, I used to imitate…

— Anthony Hopkins

When people see my show, they may not laugh out loud as they do with some of the classic comedians, but they do enjoy…

— Mick Foley

I learned very early that an audience would relax and look at things differently if they felt they could laugh with you from time…

— Twyla Tharp