Buddy Hackett

Notable Quotes



What makes a comedian has nothing to do with religion. Think of Red Skelton, Jimmy Durante, Jackie Gleason, who were all Catholics.

From Buddy Hackett

When I do an hour-and-a-half show, if I don't improvise 20 minutes worth of new material each night, I feel I've let myself down.

From Buddy Hackett

A comedian sees the world bent. I'm tangent to the circle.

From Buddy Hackett

You want to know what makes me tick, I'll tell you what makes me tick. I was a boy growing up in Brooklyn; I read a two-penny magazine called 'The Hawk's Nest.' Nobody entered that nest that didn't leave a little richer and a little wiser. And that 11-year-old boy said, 'Isn't that a wonderful thing.' And that's all there is to it.

From Buddy Hackett

I found out that if you made people laugh, they like you. Most people got to like me because I made them laugh. When they didn't, I hit them.

From Buddy Hackett

You look up at drama, down at comedy. A singer, looking up is okay. A comic, it's death.

From Buddy Hackett

I was born to be funny.

From Buddy Hackett

A comic, you have to be looking down at him. My favorite rooms, the audience is above the stage, stadium-style.

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I used to like to dig myself a hole just to see how long it took to get out of it.

From Buddy Hackett

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