You can't substitute the act of making people laugh. It's definitely something that actors like to do.
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Action is drama. If we cannot make the audience laugh, smile or cry with us, we are not actors.
Making people laugh is magic. I feel like if you have humility, then you can do anything in comedy.
I think everyone's different but in comedy, I try to do my scene to make the director and the other actors laugh. If I can make them laugh and we have the same sensibility, then I'm on the right page.
I've never thought that what I do as an actor does anything for anybody, other than making them laugh once in a while.
About the best thing an actor can do when all is said and done is to make people laugh.
Some actors try to play parts and do things they can't do. Being funny is one of them. Being funny's hard.
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.
I have been accused of making people laugh, maybe when it's not appropriate, during scenes.
It's fun to do something funny and have the director laughing. It makes you feel good.
You can't instruct an audience to laugh, but what you can do is read well and understand the spirit and subtleties, if there are any, in the dialogue.
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