The important thing, once you get 'em laughing, is to keep 'em laughing until you're through. With a 90-minute feature, you've got to stop the laughter and then pick it up again, which is tough.
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The moment you think you're not funny, the next funny thing you think of is just around the corner. So you have to appreciate the natural breathing patterns, the ups and downs. There are moments you're going to be hilarious and moments where you're going to be not so hilarious. That's just the way it works.
The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds.
I really enjoy laughing at work, and I find that it's easier to do that when you're shooting a comedy.
A laugh is a weird sound, and when you get a couple thousand people making it at once, it's really strange. But when I can feel proud of myself for causing it, it's great.
Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.
Because I actually find the next take after they've controlled it a little bit and repressed the laughter is actually a really interesting take, because that's still going on underneath the surface. That struggle to maintain composure becomes part of the joy of the scene.
Sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying or getting overly angry or to maintain control.
The minute you make people laugh, you get them to listen.
You can't make people laugh for more than half an hour and be consistent.
There are just things you can explore in a movie that you can't in 22 minutes with a laugh track.