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> [Now the freaks are on television, the freaks are in the movies. And it's no longer the sideshow, it's the whole show. The colorful circus and the clowns and the elephants, for all intents and purposes, are gone, and we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/now-the-freaks-are-on-television-the-freaks-are-in-the-movies-and-it/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

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## More by Jonathan Winters

> [I have a photographic memory; I just haven't developed it yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/i-have-a-photographic-memory-i-just-haven-t-developed-it-yet/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/if-your-ship-doesn-t-come-in-swim-out-to-it/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [I have never pretended to be any kind of super-religious kind of man, but I feel very strongly that you can be funny without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/i-have-never-pretended-to-be-any-kind-of-super-religious-kind-of-man/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [As a kid, I always wanted to be lots of things. I was a Walter Mitty type. I wanted to be in the French…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/as-a-kid-i-always-wanted-to-be-lots-of-things-i-was-a-walter-mitty/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [When you wear so many hats in society, you never know who you are. That's the beauty of it. Because once you find out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/when-you-wear-so-many-hats-in-society-you-never-know-who-you-are-that/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [I've always been proud of being a Marine. I won't hesitate to defend the Corps.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/i-ve-always-been-proud-of-being-a-marine-i-won-t-hesitate-to-defend/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [Well, the most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/well-the-most-terrible-fear-that-anybody-should-have-is-not-war-is/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [I don't do jokes. The characters are my jokes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/i-don-t-do-jokes-the-characters-are-my-jokes/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [I find painting a much slower process than comedy, where you can go a mile a minute verbally and hope to God that some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/i-find-painting-a-much-slower-process-than-comedy-where-you-can-go-a/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [I don't do anything the same every day. Discipline is tough for a guy who is a rebel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/i-don-t-do-anything-the-same-every-day-discipline-is-tough-for-a-guy/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [Discipline is tough for a guy who is a rebel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/discipline-is-tough-for-a-guy-who-is-a-rebel/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [I don't paint every day. I'm not that motivated. I don't do anything the same every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/i-don-t-paint-every-day-i-m-not-that-motivated-i-don-t-do-anything/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [I was talking to a businessman, and I said, Don't you think most men are little boys? And he said, I'm no little boy!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/i-was-talking-to-a-businessman-and-i-said-don-t-you-think-most-men/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [I was always an observer, even as a child. I could be satisfied to sit in a car for 3 hours and just look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/i-was-always-an-observer-even-as-a-child-i-could-be-satisfied-to-sit/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

> [I may not be playing with a full deck but I don't need a full deck. I have four aces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-winters/i-may-not-be-playing-with-a-full-deck-but-i-don-t-need-a-full-deck-i/)

[Jonathan Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-winters/)

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