Hugh Jackman Quotes

I thought I wanted to be a clown, because what would be better than making people laugh?

I was the kid who liked making other people laugh, so maybe the comedy came before the acting.

As a child, I was a clown. I didn't hesitate to make a fool of myself and I would love to completely take on wacky characters.

I don't care about how I look; I'm dedicated to the laughs. You know, I used to be a clown, so - my name was Smoothie the Clown. All the training I had, all my training is geared toward making people laugh, and I didn't care about being cool.

I like doing a funny show where I don't have to act and fall in love with a girl.

I've always said that instead of watching a guy juggle seven things amazingly I would rather see a really bad juggler who's really funny.

At the end of the day, I know that I make my living by dressing up, fooling around, playing pranks and giving people a good time. I am enjoying the ride.

At the end of the day, I do think I'm happiest doing comedy. I love it. I know that I can do other things. I love drama as well.

I'd love to do a really broad comedy at some point.

I love telling stories, telling jokes, making people laugh. I've got no plans to stop doing it.

The real challenge lies in maintaining dignity while being funny. I am in awe of Krushna Abhishek's energy and Bharti Singh's wit. They are infectious and selfless.

I was the biggest class clown. I loved attention.

I'm paid to make an idiot out of myself. Why do you do it for free?

I was just a ham since about the age of five. If I was performing at Medieval Times or something, I'd be the court jester. That was always my defense mechanism. I was never all that funny; I was just obnoxious and loud.

I like comedy. I would love to do comedy for a long time.

But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible.

I love doing theaters, cracking people up, hearing them physically roll in the aisles. But we need to get serious. These are serious times. No joke. No joke.

I think that a big part of comedy is being made fun of, and it is looking silly or looking stupid.

Physical comedy is my favorite thing in the world to do.

I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.

I think I always was a bit of a class clown, but I don't know how successful I was at that. I always think, when I read about people being class clowns, I imagine them being actually very funny, and I don't know that I was. But I tried to be, I think.

Comedy is what I really want to do and propel.

I'm no way one of those comedians who want to do drama. I really do love comedies. I hope to go back to it.

I love comedy, and I think that's sort of what comes naturally to me.

People... need a time to laugh. It's up to us to bonk ourselves on the head and slip on a banana peel so the average guy can say, 'I may be bad, honey, but I'm not as much of an idiot as that guy on the screen.'