Historically, Hollywood comedy has arrived in skinny envelopes. From fence post Buster Keaton to herky-jerky Jerry Lewis to wiry nerve-bundle Woody Allen… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
There's a way of doing comedy that feels true to the person doing it, that doesn't feel like clown-work or silly faces… — Andy Daly Copy Share Image
We're in Trump times - we're in the time this misogynist hate clown is the leader of the free world, and when… — Stephen Marche Copy Share Image
John Kerry made a joke about Bush being a moron, and now Bush wants morons to think it was a joke was… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
I can be immature. I know I can when I'm at my dance lessons or something. I become like the class clown.… — Georgia Groome Copy Share Image
Look, you couldn’t pay me to listen to their music, but I still feel like I have more in common with Insane… — Tom Scharpling Copy Share Image
“To make matters worse, the CEO was wearing a red clown’s nose made of foam. It was the UK’s Comic Relief Day,… — Leander Kahney Copy Share Image
On a day-to-day basis, you get tired of waiting to be accepted. In show business, someone else has to say that you're… — Greg Giraldo Copy Share Image
When I am wrong, he is delighted to forgive. When I am angry, he clowns to make me smile. When I am… — Gene Hill Copy Share Image
I enjoyed school until the age of 13 - I loved my teachers, my friends. Then, suddenly, you get thrown into a… — Kayvan Novak Copy Share Image
I knew I could be funny and make people laugh. And at school I was always the class clown. We would often… — Justin Long Copy Share Image
If people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it's good. I'm not Chuckles The Clown. Or Bozo. I… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I was always a clown. In the eighth grade I won a city speech contest by doing an Eddie Murphy routine. I'm… — Jason Wiles Copy Share Image
I like the clowns from the circus that have more paint on their face. They were all funny and made me laugh.… — Peter Stormare Copy Share Image
I try to play the stiff, as much as I can, and play it dry, which is sometimes hard for me. My… — John Cho Copy Share Image
"I think Ill be a clown when I get grown.. Yes, sir, a clown. There aint one thing in this world I… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
My way is the sensitive, emotional way, because that's who I am. I try to be the clown and court jester and… — Richard Simmons Copy Share Image
“The clown figure has had so many meanings in different times and cultures. The jolly, well-loved joker familiar to most people is… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
Some ego is involved because I guess one wants to be perceived as a good clown and one puts one's name on… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
“The Clown turned his powdered face to the mirror. "If to be fair is to be beautiful," he said, "who can compare… — Robert W. Chambers Copy Share Image
Things are going to go wrong, and I think we are false to life if we don’t portray it. But there is… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
So you actually need spectacles,” Leo finally said. “Of course I do,” Marks said crossly. “Why would I wear spectacles if I… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
It was both odd and unjust, a real example of pitiful arbitrariness of existance, that you were born into a particular time… — Daniel Kehlmann Copy Share Image
“I PAINT MY FACE. By Omrane Khuder. Mirror, distorted; I sit, paint my Face, Toxic white Make-up buries my Scars, My Eyes… — Omrane Khuder Copy Share Image
My mom always said that she didn't wear a red nose and big shoes because that's the reason people are scared of… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
When you try to portray people's lives, you try to make sure you don't portray them as clowns and that you give… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
I've done everything from cater, wait tables, pre-school teacher, painting, to being Cinderella, Elmo, a clown, nanny, selling hair... I would do… — Diora Baird Copy Share Image
My stepfather used to be a clown in The Shrine Circus. He took me backstage when I was 23. I saw three… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
I never found striking to be an effective form of fighting. I still clown people and tell them how animals in the… — Frank Mir Copy Share Image
I have a very close friend who is a brilliant clown, and I always wanted to do a show with him. So… — Alan Tudyk Copy Share Image
A film set is all about hierarchy, but I always like to think about the circus. In the circus, there's this real… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
If there had been a charismatic figure in the United States who could mobilize fears, anger, racism, a sense of loss of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I should think that many of our poets, the honest ones, will confess to having no manifesto. It is a painful confession… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Being a funny person does an awful lot of things to you. You feel that you mustn't get serious with people. They… — Fanny Brice Copy Share Image
I was sort of always the class clown, but I think that was confusing for my teachers because I had the grades… — Natasha Rothwell Copy Share Image
You know the evil that men do, hell is where the men go. We snatched him by his hands and feet and… — Kool G Rap Copy Share Image
