Is Hollywood the cruelest city in the world? Well, it can be. New York can be that, too. You can be a Broadway star here one night, and something happens, and out--nobody knows you on the street. They forget you…

Quote by Buster Keaton

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Tragedy is a close-up; comedy, a long shot.

Tragedy is a close-up; comedy, a long shot.

Life is too serious to do farce comedy.

Life is too serious to do farce comedy.

No man can be a genius in slapshoes and a flat hat.

No man can be a genius in slapshoes and a flat hat.

From the time I was 7 or 8 years old, we were the roughest knockabout...

From the time I was 7 or 8 years old, we were the roughest knockabout...

They say pantomime's a lost art. It's never been a lost art and never will...

They say pantomime's a lost art. It's never been a lost art and never will...

I'm so sorry I fell down.

I'm so sorry I fell down.

I don't act, anyway. The stuff is all injected as we go along. My pictures...

I don't act, anyway. The stuff is all injected as we go along. My pictures...

Well, I'd say that the minute sound came in, it was everybody talking their heads...

Well, I'd say that the minute sound came in, it was everybody talking their heads...

Our comedies are not to be laughed at.

Our comedies are not to be laughed at.

We got so much food in America we're allergic to food. Allergic to food! Hungry...

We got so much food in America we're allergic to food. Allergic to food! Hungry...

Somebody come here and look at this...look at this...God damn cat drinking milk out the...

Somebody come here and look at this...look at this...God damn cat drinking milk out the...

Comedy is very controlling - you are making people laugh. It is there in the...

Comedy is very controlling - you are making people laugh. It is there in the...

Oh yeah drugs, ya gotta have drugs.

Oh yeah drugs, ya gotta have drugs.

I can't swim. I can't drive, either. I was going to learn to drive but...

I can't swim. I can't drive, either. I was going to learn to drive but...

See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only...

See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only...

There's more truth in comedy than in tragedy.

There's more truth in comedy than in tragedy.

I can't cook. I use a smoke alarm as a timer.

I can't cook. I use a smoke alarm as a timer.

[Mock singing] And shall my sword sleep in my hand [Speaking] NOT a good idea,...

[Mock singing] And shall my sword sleep in my hand [Speaking] NOT a good idea,...

When I see the American flag, I go, 'Oh my God, you're insulting me.'

When I see the American flag, I go, 'Oh my God, you're insulting me.'

Comedy is the last refuge of the nonconformist mind

Comedy is the last refuge of the nonconformist mind