"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

Funny,

"Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Funny, Life, People

"People always ask me, 'Were you funny as a child?' Well, no, I was an accountant."

Ellen DeGeneres, American Comedian

Funny, People

"It's funny how a film about a murderous old English toff can help you."

Jim Broadbent, American Actor

Funny, English, Film, Help

"It's funny that until I actually met my husband, I never thought I'd get married."

Regina King, American Actress

Funny, HusbThought

"I wish I had a funny story."

Leslie Easterbrook, American Actress

Funny,

"It's funny, my girlfriends think that because I am married to a fashion designer, I get all these great tips and hints about great fashion, but it's not like that at all. He never tells me what to wear."

Lori Loughlin, American Actress

Funny, Fashion, Girlfriends

"I don't think just funny is enough on Broadway."

Don Knotts, American Actor

Funny,

"A lot of funny stuff happens in Canada."

Samantha Bee, American Comedian

Funny, Canada

"The reason I turn down 99% of a hundred, I mean a thousand, scripts is because romantic comedies are often very romantic but seldom very funny."

Hugh Grant, English Actor

Funny, Reason, Romantic

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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."

People

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

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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."

Mother

"Money is sensual."

Money

"It can make you sad to look at pictures from your youth. So there's a trick to it. The trick is not to look at the later pictures."

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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."

"Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh."

"People always ask me, 'Were you funny as a child?' Well, no, I was an accountant."

"It's funny how a film about a murderous old English toff can help you."

"It's funny that until I actually met my husband, I never thought I'd get married."

"I wish I had a funny story."

"It's funny, my girlfriends think that because I am married to a fashion designer, I get all these great tips and hints about great fashion, but it's not like that at all. He never tells me what to wear."

"I don't think just funny is enough on Broadway."

"A lot of funny stuff happens in Canada."

"The reason I turn down 99% of a hundred, I mean a thousand, scripts is because romantic comedies are often very romantic but seldom very funny."

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"I loved the idea of touching base with an audience."

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

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

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

"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."

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

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

"Money is sensual."

"It can make you sad to look at pictures from your youth. So there's a trick to it. The trick is not to look at the later pictures."

"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."