Clown Quotes

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 this room will attest.

I became a clown when these docs came to the house in Berkeley and asked me to come cheer up kids. I'd just had my third spinal fusion and I was looking for something to take my mind off the pain I was in.

My son has been a class clown and it sort of ran in the family.

Though the clown is often deadpan, he is a connoisseur of laughter.

I got through my teen years by being a bit of a clown.

If I wasn't an actor and I watched my films, I could easily be like 'This guy's a clown,' you know?

People are always saying that I must have been the class clown, with all these voices. No, I was way too shy to be the class clown; I was a class clown's writer.

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

I really wasn't a class clown.

I made a living out of being a class clown.

A clown's makeup and character, that's all he has to sell. He loves and believes in that character.

My friends always said that I should be a comedienne - I was named my class clown.

I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments.

Even at Westchester High in West LA, I was class clown.

Sometimes you don't want to be a slapstick clown in order to convey a funny perception of the world.

I was a class clown.

Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.

I am not a sad clown. I am not a sad clown.

Sure, I could of done it different... put my clown in a closet and dressed up in straight clothing. I could of compromised my essence, and swallowed my soul.

I was finding it very difficult to find a label that understood what I wanted to do and really believed that people wanted to hear something honest and a little bit different. So, I did feel a bit like a clown. You're knocking on everyone's door trying to get them to believe what you're doing.

I just love making a fool out of myself. I made my living as a clown at kids' parties for about three years.

I think we all have the urge to be a clown, whether we know it or not.

Being a funny person does an awful lot of things to you. You feel that you mustn't get serious with people. They don't expect it from you, and they don't want to see it. You're not entitled to be serious, you're a clown.

It's my job to be the Pierrot, the clown, in the theatrical sense.

It wouldn't be right for me to clown around when I'm painting a president.

I was a class clown.

I was always the class clown.

People who know me , they know I have a sense of humor, I'm a bit of a joker, a bit of a clown really, and I would love someone to exploit that side of me and send me a romantic comedy.

My father was a promoter of Fresh Fest, and they needed an opening act. He got me a slot as a dancer. We tried it out the first time in Atlanta and the crowd went crazy. I was the opening clown.

I suppose that I'm fairly comfortable with the clown hat on.