Quotes About Andy Kaufman

#1. I've always been a fan of Andy Kaufman.

Matthew Gray Gubler

#2. What I always say is that we're the illegitimate children of Andy Kaufman and Jerry Lewis.

Kevin McDonald

#3. I really loved Andy Kaufman growing up, like every comedy person does. I like when sometimes the audience isn't quite sure what's supposed to be happening right then and that sort of unsafe feeling, as long as you're not punishing them.

Mike O'Brien

#4. Because I just loved to spend two years of my life in the company of Andy Kaufman and other characters.

Milos Forman

#5. Of course, the whole Andy Kaufman angle was classic. I'm real proud of that. I mean that is something people are still talking about 20 years later, making movies about and that sort of thing. I mean not a day goes by that someone doesn't mention Andy Kaufman to me.

Jerry Lawler

#6. Baby, Andy once said that beauty is a sign of intelligence.'
She turns slowly to look at me. 'Who, Victor? Who? Andy who?' She coughs, blowing her nose. 'Andy Kaufman? Andy Griffith? Who in the hell told you this? Andy Rooney?'
'Warhol,' I say softly, hurt. 'Baby ...

Bret Easton Ellis

#7. I think Andy Kaufman is to comedy what the Velvet Underground was to music - it's like, 80 thousand records sold, but everybody who bought one started a band.

Courtney Love

#8. Magicians are definitely more arrogant. They're kind of like "Abra Kadabra, you're an idiot," they don't let you in on the joke. Comedians, you're always in on the joke unless it's Andy Kaufman.

Jim Carrey

#9. I was heavily influenced by Andy Kaufman and Steven Wright.

David Cross

#10. Andy Kaufman's mom wanted a girl, his father wanted a boy, and they were both satisfied!

Jerry Lawler

#11. I was raised with 'Laurel and Hardy' and 'I Love Lucy' and Jerry Lewis, and I just loved it. And I had a friend in high school and we would just laugh all day and put on skits. You know, it's the Andy Kaufman thing or the Marty Short thing where you're performing in your bedroom for yourself.

Steve Martin

#12. While all the other kids were out playing ball and stuff, I used to stay in my room and imagine that there was a camera in the wall. And I used to really believe that I was putting on a television show and that it was going out to somewhere in the world.

Andy Kaufman

#13. Allegiance to a belief system can have deep, non-rational roots,

Anne Applebaum

#14. I'm definitely a girly-girl and I love playing with fashion, but at the same time I will go skydiving with you tomorrow.

Shay Mitchell

#15. The critics try to intellectualize my material. There's no satire involved. Satire is a concept that can only be understood by adults. My stuff is straight, for people of all ages.

Andy Kaufman

#16. Andy Warhol says everyone will be famous for 15 minutes in the future, but even he couldn't have imagine today's fame is due to whom you sleep with.

Steve Kaufman

#17. What's real? What's not? That's what I do in my act, test how other people deal with reality.

Andy Kaufman

#18. I worked for Jeff Kelin. He was a marketing genius before his time. Coupons, car rebates and the value meal (as we know it today) all came from his marketing genius. At 19 years old, I had two jobs, one with Andy Warhol, and the second with Jeff Kelin.

Steve Kaufman

#19. My mother sent me to psychiatrists since the age of four because she didn't think little boys should be sad. When my brother was born, I stared out the window for days. Can you imagine that?

Andy Kaufman

#20. I've collected Andy Warhol art for years now I have two portraits of myself done by Steve Kaufman.

David Caruso

#21. When I perform, it's very personal. I'm sharing things I like, inviting the audience into my room.

Andy Kaufman

#22. What man wanted a woman without fire, and vice-versa?

Stewart O'Nan

#23. Pure entertainment is not an egotistical lady singing boring songs onstage for two hours and people in tuxes clapping whether they like it or not. It's the real performers on the street who can hold people's attention and keep them from walking away.

Andy Kaufman

#24. I just want real reactions. I want people to laugh from the gut, be sad from the gut - or get angry from the gut.

Andy Kaufman

#25. There's no drama like wrestling.

Andy Kaufman

#26. I see the world as an illusion, and we shouldn't take ourselves so seriously

Andy Kaufman

#27. That was part of the whole original concept. We were thinking, it's off-season, let's do a really fun, local-oriented event, raise money for good causes and bring some music to the valley.

Andy Kaufman

#28. That peculiarly American religion, President-worship.

Gore Vidal

#29. There's no way to describe what I do. It's just me.

Andy Kaufman

#30. If I play my cards right, I could bring network wrestling back to TV. Unfortunately, to most people, wrestling is a laughingstock. But fortunately, I'm reaching people who otherwise wouldn't watch it.

Andy Kaufman

#31. I love films that make you feel good when you come out and, in my opinion, there's not enough of them these days.

Jane Fonda

#32. Iko grunted in a most unladylike way, drawing everyone's gaze to her. I get stabbed and she gets to marry Kai. That just figures.

Marissa Meyer

#33. We're hoping that this will also be the key to starting community events in a place where the whole community can come together. We've been working with the town on the total renovation.

Andy Kaufman

#34. I never told a joke in my life.

Andy Kaufman