My sympathies have always been for working-class people.
I was the lead in two musicals, and I took dance classes.
I come from a working-class background in Queens, New York.
I'm lucky because I do get to fly first-class now.
Barack Obama's class warfare will not work on this Republican nominee. Not in Utah.
Dick Van Dyke was my first idol. He's an amazing physical comedian, like a classic clown, but also very smart and not afraid to show vulnerability.
I loved performing; I was always trying to impress my siblings by being a clown. I think that came from being the runt of the litter.
Death's gruesome face taunts: soulless eyes, crimson grimace. I really hate clowns.
To my family and friends, I'm very definitely a clown. But do you know what? Doing a drama would almost seem easy because I wouldn't need to find that gag in a line.
You never have a comedian who hasn't got a very deep strain of sadness within him or her. Every great clown has been very near to tragedy.
I tell you what. 85 percent of the sportswriters think I'm stupid or a clown or something. They think I'm crazy.
It's really easy with makeup to look like you're trying too hard, like a clown. That's not what you want!
Making eye contact with adults while dressed as a clown is risky.
'Clown' was written when I couldn't find anyone who believed in me as an artist. Maybe those labels will think twice next time a young songwriter comes along.
At school, I was the classroom clown - I was always being thrown out for being naughty. Before I left, a teacher called me in and suggested I became an actor.
Plus, you know, when I was young, there was a lot of respect for clowning in rock music - look at Little Richard. It was a part of the whole thing, and I always also believed that it released the audience.
I'm a tearless clown. If I were to get a tattoo, it would be the two masks, and they would be both smiling.
The arrival of a good clown exercises a more beneficial influence upon the health of a town than twenty asses laden with drugs.
I grew up in the Bronx where you would stay up late with your girlfriends, just being silly in our bedrooms, whatever. And I was always the clown.
I don't throw money away. First class tickets are very expensive. Why should I fly first class if I can fly business, which is the same thing? I would only fly first class if the ticket included access to some sort of special compartment that could s...
I've taken every writing class I've had available. I took classes in high school, and I took English and writing classes in community college, but I dropped out of college. I also attended a local writing workshop two years ago.
