“No clowns were funny. That was the whole purpose of a clown. People laughed at clowns, but only out of nervousness. The point of clowns was that, after watching them, anything else that happened seemed enjoyable.”

“The clown may be the source of mirth, but - who shall make the clown laugh?”

“There are two types of people in this world. People who hate clowns… and clowns. (Bobby Pendragon)”

“Joker, making clowns no longer objects to laugh at.”

“… Everyone knows there's only one thing less welcome on a stage than a mime, and that's a clown, because everyone knows that clowns eat people.”

“As you see [filmmaking] makes me into a clown. And that happens to everyone — just look at Orson Welles or look at even people like Truffaut. They have become clowns.”

“The child's laughter is pure until he first laughs at a clown.”

“I don't evenclowns. Clowns are not normal people.”

“A comedian goes out and hits people right on. A clown uses pathos. He can be funny, then turn right around and reach people and touch them with what life is like.”

“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.”