Cole Porter Quotes

I do consider myself a clown and a court jester, and I do love to make people laugh, whether they're laughing with me or at me.

I'm the clown you take out of the box and wind up when you need a good laugh. And then, when you're done with me, I go back in my box.

All the world loves a clown.

I just want to be known as a clown because to me, that's the height of my profession. It means you can do everything - sing, dance and, above all, make people laugh.

I have a need to always make people laugh. I have a desperate need. I love a great sense of humor. The people I sort of surround myself with have that.

I am a product... I'm a comedian. I'm not curing cancer. In the end, I tell jokes. I make people laugh.

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

Mr. Frazier makes me laugh out loud.

If somebody makes me laugh, I’m his slave for life.

I don't want to pick a team. I want to make people laugh and hopefully bring some - be humorous about the human experience, you know, whether they're people of any stripes of life.

It's kind of fun to be a clown. I've always played the clown. The clowns come on, get the biggest, juiciest laughs, and then leave.

I've always loved pure, silly slapstick comedy. It always makes me laugh.

The hardest thing for me is not to keep laughing. Jennifer particularly is like a clown.

I think humor is important for all of us, and a great comedian is a great treasure.

I'm not an artist. I tell inappropriate stories and jokes and I try to make people laugh.

My job is to bring the tickle. I know what's funny.

I'm a laugh tart. I make no secret of that fact.

I'll do almost anything for a laugh.

I pretty much will do anything for a laugh.

I always performed as a kid to make my family laugh and was more concerned with making kids at school laugh than I was about the lessons.

I've made a lot of grown men cry with laughter, because I really am quite the joke.

All I know is just how to make people laugh.

I'm a sucker for a good sense of humor.

I've always been attracted to humor and funny people in general. It's a joy to make people laugh, but it's not as fun as laughing yourself.

I love to entertain and make people laugh.