So The Laughs Had To COME From The Character, Not Because We Had Balloons In Our SHIRTS Or Were Speaking In High VOICES. That Was Very Important To US.

Him, Who Incessantly LAUGHS In The STREET, You May Commonly HEAR Grumbling In His CLOSET.

'Johnny' Was A Coping Mechanism Who Could TAKE Those Things Which Could Have Ordinarily Destroyed Me, By Tweaking My PAST And THROWING It Back Out There, GETTING Laughs From Things That WOULD Have Otherwise Upset Me.

If I Could Sew Comedy And Philosophy Together, Then I've DONE A GOOD JOB. The PRIMARY Goal Is Always Going To Be Laughs And The Secondary Goal Is Always Going To Be Saying Something Without It Being A Lecture.

In High School, I Was Too Shy To Perform. It's One THING To GET Laughs From Your FAMILY, To Be Funny At PARTIES And In CLASS. It's Another Thing To Get Up On The Stage.

My Husband Has Been Very SUPPORTIVE Of Me, And We've Shared A Lot. Yes! We've Had A Lot Of Laughs. You Have To Have Them. He Makes LIFE FUN. That's Important, Isn't It?'

If I Could Sew Comedy And Philosophy Together, Then I've DONE A GOOD Job. The Primary GOAL Is Always Going To Be Laughs And The Secondary Goal Is Always Going To Be Saying Something Without It Being A Lecture. I Think It's Important To Have Substance For What You're Saying.

Ah, 'Kismet,' Or Carry On Camel, As We Called It. I Thought The Show Was Shocking. It Was The Worst Designed Production Ever But It's Got A Fantastic SCORE. It's Not An Awfully Good Book THOUGH. You REALLY Have To WORK Hard To Eke Out Any Laughs From That SCRIPT.

When Somebody Listens And Laughs, You're ALWAYS In Better SHAPE Than When You're With Those Folks Who Just Kind Of Look At You When You Say SOMETHING Funny. You Wonder If They're LOOKING At You Because They're Mad That They Didn't Say It Or Something. It's Hard To HANDLE That.

People Have EXPECTATIONS From You - And The Whole Fun Of ACTING Is TAKING Expectations And Completely Upending Them. That's How You Get Laughs In Comedy, And That's How You Scare The Daylights Out Of People In A Horror FILM.