John Cleese Quotes About Laughter

Quotes about: Laughter

• A wonderful thing about true laughter is that it just destroys any kind of system of dividing people.

  John Cleese

  Laughter, People, Kind

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, tv.avclub.com. February 5, 2008.

• 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.

  John Cleese

  Laughter, Distance, Humor

  "The Human Face". Documentary, 2001.

• Laughter is the best creative medicine.

  John Cleese

  Laughter, Creativity, Medicine

• Laughter is a force for democracy.

  John Cleese

  Laughter, Democracy, Force

  "The Human Face". TV Series, 2001.

• I started to make harder jokes before anyone else did. And the producers would get anxious. They'd say, 'That's a little bit hard-edged, isn't it?' And I'd say, 'Let's just try it and see how the audience reacts. If they don't like it, let's cut it out.' And the audience roared with laughter, so I learned you could do this harder humor and people loved it.

  John Cleese

  Laughter, Cutting, People

• Laughter destroys any divisions between people.

  John Cleese

  Laughter, People, Division

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