Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I was, like, 15, I realized there could be a career in making people laugh - like, you could get paid to do it. That was insane to me.
I've certainly played those leading man or male juvenile roles, where you're not supposed to make people laugh.
One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.
In high school, I was doing a skit for forensics and people started laughing, more than I was prepared to deal with. It was a surprise.
I've made a lot of grown men cry with laughter, because I really am quite the joke.
My parents were very funny - they didn't know it. But they were. They were actually sharing an IQ.
If my mother hadn't laughed at the funny things I did, I probably wouldn't be a comic actor. After she had her first heart attack, the doctor said, 'Try to make her laugh.' And that was the first time I tried to make anyone laugh.
During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men. I decided to become one.
When I told my friends I was going to be a comedian, they laughed at me.
We are trying to communicate a fulfilled ideal. Does anybody remember laughter?