Tom Lenk Quotes

I think we all have the urge to be a clown, whether we know it or not.

I was a bit of a goofball. I was always silly. I think that lends itself to being an actor.

I'll do almost anything for a laugh.

I pretty much will do anything for a laugh.

With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs.

My primary responsibility is to be funny.

I'd like to make you laugh for about ten minutes though I'm gonna be on for an hour.

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.

Class clowns become actors.

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

I like the sound of laughter. I was the guy in the group of friends that would always make the friends laugh. And everyone was like, 'You should do stand up,' so I gave it a shot, and ta-da! They were right.

Doing comedy is one of the best gifts in life.

Honestly, I was a good kid but I figured out pretty early that I had a gift for making people laugh. I wanted to entertain and when that happens you tend to get yourself in trouble in class.

I was sort of the class-clown type, and I was also in school plays, and I always liked comedy.

Those are my favorite kind of parts to do, just being a goofball and seeing how far you can go with something until you're just way out of line.

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.

We want to be funny. We want to make people laugh... We'll do whatever it takes.

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.

A comedian's body is funny as well as his mind being funny, his whole personage is funny.

The joke or the pratfall is easy for me to do.

I'm pretty goofy. I really do like to sing and dance in real life. I'm a rhythmic person. I love comedy; I love making people laugh. That's my brand.

I made a living out of being a class clown.

The comedian just wants to get a laugh.

I love comedy; I'm very goofy and spontaneous.

I am not a joke-teller. Stand-up, I couldn't do.