I would have loved to have met Buster Keaton.

There was a film class in my high school in Northfield, Minnesota, which was very unusual. I saw my first Buster Keaton film there,…

— Siri Hustvedt

There's something magical about film, it's the ultimate for me, because it's kind of permanent - inasmuch as anything is. When I went to…

— Paul Merton

I read every book about Buster Keaton and Chaplin to see how they worked - it's all about dedication, tunnel vision, pursuit of perfection,…

— Paul Merton

I grew up and I was weaned on the Marx Brothers. They were sort of my all-time favorite. My parents showed me their movies…

— Joshua Malina

Everyone seems to have this awareness of Charlie Chaplin because he was a really good businessman while Buster Keaton wasn't.

— French Stewart

Buster Keaton is my hero.

— French Stewart

I think of Mike Myers as the Buster Keaton of today. I think he's brought us something so special.

— Robert Wagner

I was a big fan of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin.

— Gilbert O'Sullivan

I loved Keaton. In fact, when I made the chase sequence in 'What's Up, Doc,' I said, 'This is a Buster Keaton chase.'

— Peter Bogdanovich

I used to think that looking across a pillow into the fabulous face of Buster Keaton would be a more thrilling destiny than any…

— Anita Loos

The thrill I got discovering Buster Keaton when I was growing up was so exciting. He was one of the greats.

— John Cleese

“Laughter is the stubborn reward of grim times.”

— Edward McPherson

Comedy isn't necessarily all dialogue. Think of Buster Keaton: the poker face and all this chaos going on all around him. Sometimes it's a…

— Clint Eastwood

“It is a quintessential example of the whirling kinetics that drive a Keaton film, in which not just the medium but the human body-…

— Edward McPherson

I loved you since I met you, but I wouldn't allow myself to truly feel it until today

— Anonymous