It's such a great feeling to make people laugh. I know I've made people cry or want to slit their wrists, but to make people laugh is a very intoxicating, wonderful thing.

Everybody needs laughs, so the fact that I've had the opportunity to make people laugh for a living is one of the many blessings that I have received in my life.

It's a good thing to be laughed at. It's better than to be ignored.

When you laugh at something, you don’t fear it anymore.

I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.

You laugh openly and loudly about something, even entirely innocently, with one or two people in a café, in a conversation, in a street: everybody who hears or sees you laughing like this will turn and look at you with respect; if they were talking, they will stop, they will seem humbled; they will never dare to laugh at you; if they had previously looked at you boldly or condescendingly, they will lose their boldness and condescension toward you. In the end, simply laughing out loud gives you a definite superiority over all those near and around you, without exception. The power of laughter is terrible and awful: anyone who has the courage to laugh is master over others, in the same way as anyone who has the courage to die.

I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it is the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills.

I love people who make me laugh.

Laughing is medicine for the soul.

To laugh is to live profoundly.

I'm struck by how laughter connects you with people. It's almost impossible to maintain any kind of distance or any sense of social hierarchy when you're just howling with laughter. Laughter is a force for democracy.

Laughter keeps everyone feeling wonderful.

There's great value in being able to step back and laugh at yourself, at life and at attitudes. Laughter helps you put everything into perspective.

I immediately adored performing. It really empowers you when everyone's laughing. It gives you an immense buzz. You just feel on top of the world.