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.’ Stan Laurel Read Quote
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. Stan Laurel Read Quote
My only opinion on the L&H ‘home movie’ situation – I regret we have no financial interest in them. Stan Laurel Read Quote
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. Stan Laurel Read Quote
We had friendly and pleasant relationships with all that worked in our films – many happy memories. Stan Laurel Read Quote
What business do we have telling people who to vote for? They probably know more about it than we do. Stan Laurel Read Quote
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. Stan Laurel Read Quote
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. Stan Laurel Read Quote
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! Stan Laurel Read Quote
