Robert Klein Quotes

I was a class clown.

I was the class clown so I was used to performing and fooling around in front of my friends.

I was always a bit of a class clown.

My son has been a class clown and it sort of ran in the family.

I'm a class clown.

I was always the class clown.

I think I was always the class clown.

I was the biggest class clown. I loved attention.

My dad was the funniest guy I ever knew.

I was always a bit of a jokester.

I think comedians start off as pranksters or something.

I'm definitely a joker.

There just is not one person in my family who is not funny.

I made a living out of being a class clown.

When I want to make someone laugh in real life (as opposed to when I'm on stage where I tell one-liners), I tend to do prop comedy. For example, if I'm at the supermarket with my husband, I might put 16 bags of marshmallows in our cart when he's not looking, or if I'm trying to make a kid smile, I'll put my glasses on crooked.

Several of my uncles are comedians. My father is a comedian; my grandfather was known for his jokes. It definitely runs in the family.

My father was always clowning around. It was a huge influence on me. In my family, everything is turned into a joke.

I just wanted laughs - that's really what I was after.

I'm a goofball.

Making people laugh was automatic.

I just always remember there being an ability to amuse schoolmates. Not in a kind of 'dance-around-at-the-front-of-the-room-with-his-trousers-off' way, but probably with a sardonic quip. I remember getting a school report that said something like, 'Steve's good, but he tries to see the funny side in everything.'

I'm good at being funny.

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 really wasn't a class clown.

I would say I'm a goof ball, but not a comedian.