"During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men. I decided to become one."

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"During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men. I decided to become one."

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"Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else."

Will Rogers, American Actor

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"If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Funny, Life, Congress

"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Funny, Life

"Leno, Conan. They are both really funny. They really know how to land one."

Jimmy Fallon, American Comedian

Funny, Land

"I don't think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time."

Ben Stiller, American Comedian

Funny, Time, Dying, Public

"Jim Carrey, a comic genius, has a harder time overcoming the public's desire for him to be funny simply because he's so good at it."

Ben Stiller, American Comedian

Funny, Time, Genius, Desire

"We have actors from other films, from 'Baywatch,' and so on, and these people are looking exactly the opposite of what they are. The transformations were so smooth, and so funny to watch, it was unbelievable."

Joe Viterelli, American Actor

Funny, People, Actors

"I walked in thinking, 'I have ten movies under my belt and now they want me to go back to making commercials?' I said, if I do that, I want it to be funny."

Orlando Jones, American Comedian

Funny, Movies, Now, Thinking

"It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can't afford the music."

Tom Petty, American Musician

Funny, Music, People, Being

"This is going to sound really funny. I have a poster of Zac Efron on my wall! I think every girl has a poster of him in their room so, why not join the club!"

Vanessa Hudgens, American Actress

Funny, Sound

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"Money is sensual."

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"Hollywood never knew there was a Vietnam War until they made the movie."

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"We managed to hang in there. Today when people get married there's a tendency to run away when things get tough. There is a lot of strength in hanging together."

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"The worst thing in this business is to be thought of as a no-talent."

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"Anne hated the idea of putting me down in front of the audience."

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"My father and mother - I figured if I could make them laugh, they'd stop fighting. I stole all their material."

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"I ask myself why I do it. Maybe it's to prove I'm still around. It takes a lot out of my body. I'm not an NBA player anymore. At my age, very few people can handle it."

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"Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else."

"If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress."

"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."

"Leno, Conan. They are both really funny. They really know how to land one."

"I don't think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time."

"Jim Carrey, a comic genius, has a harder time overcoming the public's desire for him to be funny simply because he's so good at it."

"We have actors from other films, from 'Baywatch,' and so on, and these people are looking exactly the opposite of what they are. The transformations were so smooth, and so funny to watch, it was unbelievable."

"I walked in thinking, 'I have ten movies under my belt and now they want me to go back to making commercials?' I said, if I do that, I want it to be funny."

"It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can't afford the music."

"This is going to sound really funny. I have a poster of Zac Efron on my wall! I think every girl has a poster of him in their room so, why not join the club!"

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"Money is sensual."

"Hollywood never knew there was a Vietnam War until they made the movie."

"We managed to hang in there. Today when people get married there's a tendency to run away when things get tough. There is a lot of strength in hanging together."

"The worst thing in this business is to be thought of as a no-talent."

"Anne hated the idea of putting me down in front of the audience."

"My father and mother - I figured if I could make them laugh, they'd stop fighting. I stole all their material."

"I ask myself why I do it. Maybe it's to prove I'm still around. It takes a lot out of my body. I'm not an NBA player anymore. At my age, very few people can handle it."

"Creative comedy is like growing geraniums in a mine field."

"I don't think my judgment is that good. I don't know what is funny."

"Being on a sitcom stops me from getting Alzheimer's."