“What do you do? You laugh. I'm not saying I don't cry, but in between, I laugh. And I realize how silly it is to take anything too seriously. Plus, I look forward to a good cry. It feels pretty good.”
Natalie Portman - Sam

“- Mrs. Sellner: Mr. Hillard, do you consider yourself humorous?
- Daniel Hillard: I used to. There was a time when I found myself funny, but today you have proven me wrong. Thank you.”

Anne Haney - Mrs. Sellner
Robin Williams - Daniel Hillard

“Life's a piece of shit when you look at it. Life's a laugh and death's a joke; it's true.”
Eric Idle - Lead Singer Crucifee

“- Count Leon d'Algout: Well, just smile.
- Nina Ivanovna Yakushova aka Ninotchka: At what?
- Count Leon d'Algout: At anything. At the whole ridiculous spectacle of life. At people being so serious, taking themselves pompously, exaggerating their own importance. If you can't think of anything else to laugh at, you can laugh at you and me.”
Melvyn Douglas - Count Leon d'Algout
Greta Garbo - Nina Ivanovna Yakushova aka Ninotchka

“Life is nothing but the occasional burst of laughter rising above the interminable wail of grief.”
Billy Crudup - Henry