Sad Clown Quotes

• I find I have to be the sad clown: laughing on the outside, crying on the inside.

  James Gandolfini

  Laughing, Sopranos, Cry

  "The Sopranos: Pilot". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 1999.

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• I am not a sad clown. I am not a sad clown.

  Nathan Lane

  Clown

  "Bring on the clown" by David Smith, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2004.

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• Dwight is a sad clown. You've seen those paintings of sad clown.

  Rainn Wilson

  Painting, Dwight, Clown

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• I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.

  Rainn Wilson

  Looks, Puppets, Clown

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• Dare to wear the foolish clown face.

  Frank Sinatra

  Faces, Foolish, Clown

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• I'm gonna be a new kind of clown. I'm gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks.

  Harper Lee

  Tkam, Laughing, Kind

  Harper Lee (2014). “To Kill A Mockingbird”, p.176, Random House

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• I think I'll be a clown when I get grown,' said Dill. Jem and I stopped in our tracks. Yes sir, a clown,' he said. 'There ain't one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so I'm gonna join the circus and laugh my head off.' You got it backwards, Dill,' said Jem. 'Clowns are sad, it's folks that laugh at them.' Well I'm gonna be a new kind of clown. I'm gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks.

  Harper Lee

  Thinking, Tkam, Track

  Harper Lee (2014). “To Kill A Mockingbird”, p.176, Random House

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• I've always been attracted to sad. If you look at Woody Allen movies, he's often playing a sad clown, and it's always been interesting. And angry clown is even more interesting.

  Zach Galifianakis

  Interesting, Looks, Woody

  "Zach Galifianakis: ‘I have no idea’ if FX comedy ‘Baskets’ will work". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. January 19, 2016.

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• I think I'll be a clown when I get grown.... There ain't one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so I'm gonna join the circus and laugh my head off.

  Harper Lee

  Thinking, Tkam, Laughing

  Harper Lee (1960). “TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD”

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• You really come to life on stage but outside - this is a bit of a sad clown cliché - there is that element of loneliness you get from travelling and being on the road. Stand-ups can bring a lot of that to a dramatic role and make it work for them.

  Doc Brown

  Loneliness, Roles, Elements

  Source: www.gigglebeats.co.uk

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