A character, their ability or inability to laugh at themselves should always be a very, very conscious choice. It's a very big key to the nature of a human being.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
If you can't laugh at yourself, then how can you laugh at anybody else? I think people see the human side of you when you do that.
No one is laughable who laughs at himself.
People who are mean or unkind or rigid - think about it - cannot laugh at themselves. If we can't laugh at ourselves and the human condition, we're going to be mean.
Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.
A person who knows how to laugh at himself will never ceased to be amused.
People who are mean or unkind or rigid - think about it - cannot laugh at themselves.
In Buddhism, they say attachment to anything only leads to suffering. So when we laugh, it's our way of saying, 'I'm unattached to that.' You're tickled by it, it makes your lobes do something on their own. So humor is very important to me. I always take that to the stage first.
Making people laugh is a really fabulous thing because it means you're getting deep inside somebody, into their psyche, and their ability to look at themselves.
It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.
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