Stan Laurel Quotes
Stan Laurel's humor feels sly and funny, mixing dream-logic and cheeky jokes for anyone who enjoys light-hearted absurdity.
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Babe would understand.
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I had a dream that I was awake and I woke up to find myself asleep.
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You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.
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If anyone at my funeral has a long face, I'll never speak to him again.
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If you had a face like mine, you'd punch me right on the nose, and I'm just the fella to do it.
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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.
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Sight gags had to be planned; they required timing and mechanics. Occasionally, spontaneity would arise in the shooting of the scenes.
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A horse may be coaxed to drink, but a pencil must be lead.
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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!
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Another fine mess you've gotten me into.
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If any of you cry at my funeral I'll never speak to you again.
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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.
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All I know is just how to make people laugh.
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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.
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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.'
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What business do we have telling people who to vote for? They probably know more about it than we do.
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My only opinion on the L&H 'home movie' situation - I regret we have no financial interest in them.