Tony Hancock Quotes

I'm human, just like anybody else.

I'm a comedian, and I definitely see the humor in a lot of things. I am also sad a lot. I cry often and easily. I think you're supposed to feel all kinds of things.

We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.

So far, at least, I haven't found a way to tell my kind of stories without making them both sad and funny.

I chose to present myself as one who comes from among the people, and I can be touched by their pain because I have my own.

For whatever reason, the films I gravitate towards do have these strange sort of tonal balances to them... I kind of realized on '50/ 50' why I liked these blending of tones, because I think it's kind of what life is like: funny one minute, sad the next, scary the next.

I find Spike Jones' movies to be really very inventive and funny, but they're really sad and touching and really key into the different facets of the human experience.

The irony is that the more specific you are in the portrayal of character, the more like other people you are. In the same way, the more you think about how alone you are in this life, you realise how much a brother and sister everyone else is.

We're all human; we all have weaknesses.

I'm a normal, horrible, screwed up human being like everyone else. I mean, I'm not horrible person, but I'm just as screwed up as anybody.

How am I different than anyone else? I'm a human being, and I have my faults, too.

We're like everybody else. We hurt like everybody.

To me, the human experience does involve a great deal of anguish. It's joyful, but it's bittersweet. I just think that's life.

I wanted people to connect to me on that level where I can write about anything, but it would still make someone feel a certain way.

My music has to be funny and sad and happy and loving; it's gotta have it all. When somebody's just too dark all the time, it's just drama. Or if somebody's too funny? Well, I like being too funny sometimes.

I'm human just like everyone.

Sometimes if you can tell one personal story with a lot of sincerity, it can become a universal story.

I'm not actually as emotional as everybody thinks. The songs are super personal, but that's just one side of me, and I guess people just assume I'm some troubled guy who's constantly sad.

I feel my situation is no different from anybody else's experiences.

My favorite pieces that I've written, either for St. Lucia or for myself, have always had a transporting quality to them, where they take you out of the moment and somewhere positive that feels nostalgic and happy but sad at the same time.

The things that I gravitate toward in film and TV are things that make me laugh but then break my heart.

Funny bones, to me, are more important than funny lines. If a comedian is just not likable and doing the lines, you could read them yourself. Whereas if someone [you like] shambles out, and they tell you what a bad day they've had, they don't have to say anything. I love them. I want to hug them because they've been through something. And it comes back to empathy, always empathy.

Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness.

I'm a sinner. I fumble. People must see me as one of them. The things that worry them, must worry me

The truth is life is full of joy and full of great sorrow, but you can't have one without the other.