I made a living out of being a class clown

You know, I was the class clown in Catholic school, but I never thought I would make a living out of it!

— Sofia Vergara

Class clowns are never allowed to date anybody decent, but you don't get beaten up, you're invited to parties, and everybody likes you.

— Dan Harmon

I wasn't a class clown, I never developed this comedic flair as a kid. Even when I decided to become an actor, it was…

— Steve Carell

I actually was class clown, but I don't know how that happened because I've never been considered an outwardly funny person-as the people in…

— Janeane Garofalo

I was always the wise guy class clown throughout my childhood.

— Rick Nielsen

I was always the class clown.

— Kel Mitchell

I remember, as a child, loving it when my mom laughed, but I was definitely not a class clown.

— Brooke Nevin

I was a class clown. My father was a class clown. My son has been a class clown, and it sort of ran in…

— Robert Klein

My mom was my English teacher in high school. So to be able to bend the rules and be the class clown and get…

— Paul Rust

I wasn't the class clown, but I was starting to become the "crazy guy" at law school, which is the guy who is not…

— Demetri Martin

“Be like Allan Pearl. Sit next to the class clown and study him. Then grow up, take everything you learned, and get paid to…

— Mindy Kaling

“My parents must have seen something in me that I missed. My teachers insisted that I didn’t apply myself… I know that I didn’t…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One

I was sort of always the class clown, but I think that was confusing for my teachers because I had the grades to back…

— Natasha Rothwell

When I first started getting into acting, I was doing improv in acting class, and I had done a serious monologue and everyone was…

— Miles Teller

Class clowns become actors.

— Jasper Fforde