Isobelle Carmody (Isobelle Jane Carmody) Quotes
That was what happened to laughter when you caged it. It became unbearably sad. It was worse than crying.
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Laughter made you live better and longer.
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When the needs of one person are being met by the other, there is laughter.
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Laughter is the valve on the pressure cooker of life. Either you laugh and suffer, or you got your beans or brains on the ceiling.
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I really like the power of stopping the laughter and turning it to horror.
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Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
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I have laughter dates with myself, where I find comics on YouTube and watch them. Louis C.K. was my first laughter date a couple years ago. I'll also watch those videos of people doing idiotic things. That cracks me up.
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The highest state is laughter.
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It's hard to do a reality show when there's so much crying and drama.
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I just lost my best friend, I have been crying hysterical for a full day.
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I think I'm a nervous laugher. Like, when you're in a situation that you don't know what's going on, you go to laughter more than anything.
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My grandmother, grandfather, my mom - we've always been driven by laughter. It's what held us together. Thanksgivings, any kind of family get-together, we usually end up in tears.
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All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different.
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When I think of the books I love, there's always a little laughter in the dark.
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During 'Saturday Night Fever' at the end of the first act dance number I tried to perform a split-jump, only I can't do them so I ended up on my ass followed by the most unsightly backward roll out of it, followed by the cast falling over in laughter and a good portion of the audience too.
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'The Notebook' was beautiful, and I was crying because its hero and heroine had died together.
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I believe that love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to feel good.
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I'm really enjoying being able to do these unhinged comedies and emotional dramas alike. I'm having a lovely time. After shooting a role that requires months of crying, it's quite nice to be able to play something very different.
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Discourse has ended in America. It's all just shouting and ranting and demonization. Do you know how the rest of the world laughs at you guys? Have you got any idea? They're just rocking with laughter night and day.
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But for me to have the opportunity to stand in front of a bunch of executives and present myself, I had to hustle in my own way. I can't tell you how frustrating it was that they didn't get that. No joke - I'd leave meetings crying all the time.
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A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be big.
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I don't mean to talk so much about screenplay writing. Who wants to talk about screenplay writing? I've taught it and I felt like a charlatan because what I was teaching I probably couldn't do.
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It was definitely a part of our life. I mean, my mom had both her brothers and her fiancee in Vietnam at the same time, so it wasn't just my dad's story, it was my mom's story too. And we definitely grew up listening to the stories.
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I've been alienating my public since I was 20 years old. When 'American Buffalo' came out on Broadway, people would storm out and say, 'How dare he use that kind of language!' Of course I'm alienating the public! That's what they pay me for.
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That was what happened to laughter when you caged it. It became unbearably sad. It was worse than crying.
