I made a living out of being a class clown.
The thing I gravitated to was being the class clown. It was very competitive.
A doctor and a clown know more than a doctor alone.
Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.
I was just a quiet kid, really. I wasn't the class clown at all.
Clown: [singing] [looking at a present Jack brought] Clown: It's a bat! Man Under the Stairs: [singing] Will it bend? Clown: [singing] It's a rat! Man Under the Stairs: [singing] Will it break? Undersea Gal: [singing] Perhaps it's the head that I've ...
My friends always said that I should be a comedienne - I was named my class clown.
I was obsessed with clowns. My dad had to get rid of them. I thought there were clowns under my bed for years.
I have a penchant for playing God's clowns. Actually, I played Nijinsky once, and he used to call himself God's clown.
Offer a clown your finger, and he'll take your fist.
The clown may be the source of mirth, but - who shall make the clown laugh?
I've taken clowns into the war in Bosnia, the refugee camps of Kosovo, and none of those are any more important than clowning in a subway or an elevator or just walking down the street.
A clown on a throne is still a clown. A king in rags is still a king.
There are two types of people in this world. People who hate clowns...and clowns. (Bobby Pendragon)
Comedy is obviously a matter of personal taste and the world always needs a clown and some people have no taste at all and any clown will do.
I remember in the circus learning that the clown was the prince, the high prince. I always thought that the high prince was the lion or the magician, but the clown is the most important.
I was a class clown. At 12, I was definitely clowning. I was making all the jokes. But I was smart, so the teachers didn't know what to do with me.
A clown I knew who was retiring from Ringling Brothers gave me his giant shoes, and somebody else made me a clown suit.
Duncan: How long have you been working there? Owen: Oh, the park? Um, I've always been there. Ever since I was a small Cambodian child. Of course, that was after 'Nam. I was in the shit. Then I joined the circus to become a clown fighter. I know abou...
Chris O'Dowd is a very special talent. He's one of those very, very rare actors who can be the clown, or he can be the straight man playing off the clown, in a scene.
Randy Kennan: You jerk, you clown! [strikes George Peatty] Randy Kennan: Come on, clown, sing us a chorus from "Pagliacci"!
