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"I think I would say 'The King's Speech' is surprisingly funny, in fact the audiences in London, Toronto, LA, New York commented there's more laughter in this film than in most comedies, while it is also a moving tear-jerker with an uplifting ending."

Tom Hooper on Funny

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  • "A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man."

    Lana Turner on Funny

  • "I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade... And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party."

    Ron White on Funny

  • "A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice."

    Bill Cosby on Funny

  • "Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes."

    Jim Carrey on Funny

  • "Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive."

    Elbert Hubbard on Funny

More quotes by Tom Hooper

  • "I think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves, whether it's shyness, insecurity, anxiety, whether it's a physical block, and the story of a person overcoming that block to their best self. It's truly inspiring because I think all of us are engaged in that every day."

  • "My dad said, 'The thing that I was told that was really helpful was that I mustn't be afraid of the things I was afraid of when I was five years old'. The shock of his childhood had put him in this defensive crouch against the world, and he needed to know that he had a nice wife and kids and it wasn't the same any more."

  • "When I was growing up my mother would say, 'Your dad may have to learn about being a father because he lost his own and that would have affected him'."

  • "I feel connected to the Second World War because my father lost his father in that war. So, through my dad and the effect it had on him of losing his father young, I always felt connected to the war. It goes back years, but it still feels to me as if we're completely living in it."

  • "I mean, we've all had those dreams where, you know, we try to cry out and our voice won't come."

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