“… 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.”

“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.”

“I remain just one thing, and one thing only — and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.”

“The only thing worse than being hurt is everyone knowing that you're hurt.”

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

“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.”

“The truth was her version wasn’t any more or less a fantasy than his. No one would know for sure until everyone knew for sure.”

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

“I've always been misrepresented. You know, I could dress in a clown costume and laugh with the happy people but they'd still say I'm a dark personality.”