But with comedy it's a simple premise. If it's funny, people laugh. If it's not, they don't.

Hitchcock had a charm about him. He was very funny at times. He was incredibly brilliant in his field of suspense.

One lion thinks it's just hilarious to tackle us. He's very funny about it... and we always know when it will happen.

Working with Chaplin was very amusing and strange. His films are so funny, but working with him, I found him to be a very serious man. Whereas the films of Hitchcock are macabre, he could be a very funny man to work with, always telling jokes and holding court. Of course, when I worked with Charlie he was getting older.

I actually find novels that are determined to be funny at every turn quite oppressive.