Madeline Kahn

In Hollywood I thought I was large and klutzy, like the characters I played,

— Madeline Kahn

“I wanted to be the music.”

— Madeline Kahn

Fun is carefree. I am not carefree.

— Madeline Kahn

What's wrong with musicals now is all the gifted men who've died of AIDS-who would otherwise be here today creating great theater.

— Madeline Kahn

Ah, but the servant waits, while the master baits.

— Madeline Kahn

Me, as myself, I don't think I'm particularly funny. But I've noticed that people in my life always have found me amusing.…

— Madeline Kahn

From inside where I live, I feel like I just perceive events in a certain rational way. I often find it sad…

— Madeline Kahn

My mother was a Bohemian - in the good sense of the word. A searcher. And she investigated various religions.

— Madeline Kahn

If a scene isn't well written they'll drop your neckline to fill the void.

— Madeline Kahn

I can't even really tell a joke. I find being funny very hard work. I am always asked about it and I…

— Madeline Kahn

I find being funny very hard work. I am always asked about it, and I feel guilty saying that, but it's the…

— Madeline Kahn

Comedy is created when someone is trying very earnestly to do what he feels is the right thing to do at that…

— Madeline Kahn

It`s acceptable for men to act the fool. When women try, they`re considered aggressive and opinionated.

— Madeline Kahn

I don't like to be my own audience, I find that being my own audience, being in the audience, makes me self-conscious,…

— Madeline Kahn

“Tell me, schatze, is it twue what they say about the way you people are... gifted? ...Oh, it's twue! It's twue!”

— Madeline Kahn

Laughter is a strange response. I mean, what is it? It's a spasm of some kind! Is that always joy? It's very…

— Madeline Kahn

Life after death is as improbable as sex after marriage!

— Madeline Kahn

Comedy is an ability to observe and see what's funny in a situation and be able to forget yourself enough to do…

— Madeline Kahn