Clown Quotes - Page 6

• A lot of times, as a clown, you find acting for a reason. It's a way to exercise yourself. If you're funny, you test yourself.

  Matthew Lillard

  Exercise, Acting, Tests

  "Matthew Lillard on growing up". Interview with Sonia Saraiya, www.avclub.com. September 10, 2014.

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• I think of game development as a clown car moving through tall grass.

  Ken Rolston

  Moving, Thinking, Games

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• We runnin around in thousand-dollar clown suits,
  Better get some boots when Lucifer turn your city to Beirut.

  Ras Kass

  Rap, Cities, Hip Hop

  Song: Soul On Ice

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• Hip-hop is universal now, it's all commercial now.
  It's like a circle full of circus clowns up in the circuit now.

  Eminem

  Rap, Circles, Hip Hop

  Song: If I Get Locked Up Tonight

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• You know the evil that men do, hell is where the men go.
  We snatched him by his hands and feet and threw him out the window:
  "Up, up, and away cause I don't play, clown,
  Buck, buck, buck, take that with you on the way down."
  I'm hoping you got springs and wings on your shoes,
  But you lose, because I got the Ill Street Blues.

  Kool G Rap

  Spring, Rap, Men

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

  Sean William Scott

  Guy, Actors, Film

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• As a kid I was always a bit of a clown, a performer.

  Simon Baker

  Kids, Performers, Bits

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think of [street food] as the antidote to fast food; it's the clear alternative to the king, the clown and the colonel.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Kings, Thinking, Alternatives

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• 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.

  Gary Oldman

  Romantic, People, Sides

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• As I see it, fast food outfits have targeted small children with their advertising in a very effective way. You know, it's clowns and kid's toys and bright colors and things like that.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Children, Kids, Color

  Interview with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. June 18, 2010.

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• Only comedians can talk about death, life, God and Virgin Mary. If I was a tragic actor, I couldn't allow myself. But with this accent I can do it. I can talk with death in person because I am a clown. Yes. And I am proud to be a clown - very much.

  Roberto Benigni

  Comedian, Actors, Proud

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• Look, you couldn’t pay me to listen to their music, but I still feel like I have more in common with Insane Clown Posse than I do with someone who just sits on the sidelines and shits on other people’s work and who never puts themselves on the line.

  Tom Scharpling

  People, Insane, Looks

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• I'm not this callous clown walking around laughing at life all the time. I've had some serious, serious problems in my life. But I've come out with a smile.

  John Lydon

  Laughing, Serious, Problem

  "John Lydon On Marriage, Losing A Child And Gargling With Brandy". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2008.

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• Being rich and famous seems to have its ups and downs. That's the price you pay for being troubadours and clowns.

  Jimmy Buffett

  Art, Media, Entertainment

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• My contributions were many: First clown director, with witty sayings and flashily dressed, now called master of ceremonies.

  Jelly Roll Morton

  Witty, Directors, Firsts

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• Every time the circus comes to town, I can't help thinking, Somewhere out there, there's clown semen.

  Dana Gould

  Thinking, Circus, Towns

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• I think music should be tarted up, made into a prostitute, a parody of itself. It should be the clown, the Pierrot medium.

  David Bowie

  Thinking, Made, Should

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• It looks to me like the Republican Party`s in no mood to give them [voters] a reasonable choice with this clown show going on right now from the likes of, well, Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump. What a duo.

  Chris Matthews

  Party, Giving, Choices

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• I was always the class clown, although many teachers view the class clown as a trouble maker. But I always had good grades, so the only thing my parents were told was that while I was intelligent, I talked too much.

  Godfrey

  Teacher, Intelligent, Views

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• The medical clown connects with patients in a way that is markedly different from the rest of their experience in the hospital.

  Jeff Raz

  Different, Way, Medical

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• I'm scared of clowns.

  Jada Pinkett Smith

  Scared

  "Jada Pinkett Smith: 'I'm scared of clowns'" by Catherine Shoard, www.theguardian.com. May 24, 2012.

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• I'm not sure how a world leader reacts to the work of a clown.

  Darrell Hammond

  Leader, World, Not Sure

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• Okay," I said, "what's your biggest fear?" As always, he took a second to think about the answer. "Clowns," he said. "Clowns." "Yup." I just looked at him. "What?" he said, glancing over at me. "That is not a real answer," I told him. "Says who?" "Says me. I meant a real fear, like of failure, of death, of regret. Like that. Something that keeps you awake nights, questioning your very existence." He thought for a second. "Clowns.

  Sarah Dessen

  Regret, Real, Night

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• A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the "buffone", or clown, and was therefore the ape of an ape; for the clown himself imitated the serious characters of the play.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Character, Italian, Play

  Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.334, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Do those clowns really believe what they teach?

  Vladimir Nabokov

  Believe, Teach

  Vladimir Nabokov (2011). “Pale Fire”, p.249, Vintage

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