“I do not really think Charlie knows much more about politics, history, or economics than I do. Like myself he was hit by a make-up towel almost before he was out of diapers.” — Buster Keaton Copy Share Image
I don't act, anyway. The stuff is all injected as we go along. My pictures are made without script or written directions of any… — Buster Keaton Copy Share Image
If one more person tells me this is just like old times, I swear I'll jump out the window. — Buster Keaton Copy Share Image
All my life I have been happiest when the folks watching me said to each other, 'Look at the poor dope, wilya? — Buster Keaton Copy Share Image
And if there is sweeter music this side of heaven I haven't heard it. — Buster Keaton Copy Share Image
The funny thing about our act is that dad gets the worst of it, although I'm the one who apparently receives the bruises . . . the secret is in landing limp and breaking the fall with a foot or a hand. It's a knack. I started so young that landing right is second nature with me. Several times I'd… — Buster Keaton Copy Share
Charlie Chaplin and I would have a friendly contest: Who could do the feature film with the least subtitles? — Buster Keaton Copy Share Image
Is Hollywood the cruelest city in the world? Well, it can be. New York can be that, too. You can be a Broadway star… — Buster Keaton Copy Share Image
I've had few dull moments [in my life] and not too many sad and defeated ones. In saying this I am by no means… — Buster Keaton Copy Share Image