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All Quotes by author - Stan Laurel
" A friend once asked me what comedy was. That floored me. What is comedy? I don't know. Does anybody? Can you define it? All I know is that I learned how to get laughs, and that's all I know about it. You have to learn what people will laugh at, then proceed accordingly. "
Friend
You
Know
" All I know is just how to make people laugh. "
Just
Know
Laugh
" Another fine mess you've gotten me into. "
You
Mess
Me
" Anyone who thinks 'Modern Times' has got a big message is just putting it there himself. Charlie knew that the pressures of modern life and factory life would be good for a lot of laughs, and that's why he did the film - not because he wanted to diagnose the industrial revolution. "
Revolution
Life
Good
" Babe and I are both great television fans, and we've been planning to do something on TV. But we certainly never intended to start out on an unrehearsed network show! "
Start
Great
Fans
" Humor is the truth; wit is an exaggeration of the truth. "
Exaggeration
Humor
Truth
" I don't deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence with Charles Chaplin. "
Deserve
Charles
Sentence
" If any of you cry at my funeral, I'll never speak to you again! "
Never
Again
Speak
" If you had a face like mine, you'd punch me right on the nose, and I'm just the fella to do it. "
Punch
You
Right
" I had a dream that I was awake and I woke up to find myself asleep. "
Dream
Woke
Up
" It's the one with that panel of ultra-chichi folks. The one called 'What's My Line?' It sends me straight up the wall. I call it 'The Snob Family.' "
Me
Call
Up
" My only opinion on the L&H 'home movie' situation - I regret we have no financial interest in them. "
Opinion
Only
Home
" Personally, I think the silent films were more effective for L&H, but the sound was of great value in enhancing the effects - dialog eliminated a lot of action & sight gags - I always feel that 'action' speaks louder than words. "
Words
Value
Great
" Sight gags had to be planned; they required timing and mechanics. Occasionally, spontaneity would arise in the shooting of the scenes. "
Planned
Shooting
Sight
" We did have a script, but it didn't consist of the routines and gags. It outlined the basic story idea and just a plan for us to follow. But when it came to each scene, we and the gagmen would work out ideas. "
Us
Story
Plan
" We had friendly and pleasant relationships with all that worked in our films - many happy memories. "
Memories
Friendly
Happy
" We never dealt with satire or suggestive material. Although some of our films were broad parodies or burlesques of popular dramatic themes, there was no conscious attempt at being either sarcastic or offensive. "
Themes
Satire
Sarcastic
" What business do we have telling people who to vote for? They probably know more about it than we do. "
Know
People
More
" You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be led. "
Must
You
Water
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