Happiness Quote by Colin Mochrie

Comedy, in Mochrie's telling, isn’t a vibe; it’s a job with a heartbeat. “We want to be funny” lands like a mission statement, blunt and unromantic, the kind you’d expect from someone whose brand is effortless spontaneity. That’s the trick: improv sells ease, but it’s built on discipline and a willingness to look ridiculous on purpose. The ellipses do real work here, mimicking the beat before a punchline, the breath where an audience decides whether to trust you. He’s letting you hear the engine, not just the ride.

The subtext of “make people laugh” is generosity with a sharp edge. Laughter is the immediate metric, the closest thing entertainment has to a lie detector test. You can’t finesse it with intention or aesthetic; either the room breaks or it doesn’t. Mochrie’s “we” matters, too: comedy as ensemble labor, not solitary genius. That tracks with his Whose Line Is It Anyway? context, where success depends on reading partners, sharing the spotlight, and rescuing a scene before it dies.

“We’ll do whatever it takes” is where the sweetness turns a little feral. It hints at the performer’s bargain: swallow pride, risk failure in public, mine awkwardness, chase the bit past comfort. It’s not cynicism so much as commitment bordering on compulsion. Underneath the friendly cadence is a quiet admission that being funny is less a gift than a relentless, collective pursuit of relief.