Life is too serious to do farce comedy.

Quote by Buster Keaton

Topics: Comedy Quotes

I'm so sorry I fell down.

I'm so sorry I fell down.

Is Hollywood the cruelest city in the world? Well, it can be. New York can...

Is Hollywood the cruelest city in the world? Well, it can be. New York can...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Biography is the only true history

Biography is the only true history

The art of biography is different from geography. Geography is about maps, but biography is...

The art of biography is different from geography. Geography is about maps, but biography is...

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it...

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it...

History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty...

History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty...

But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of...

But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of...

Biography is one of the new terrors of death.

Biography is one of the new terrors of death.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

After reading Eminem's autobiography, which I did because I'm so interested in him as an...

After reading Eminem's autobiography, which I did because I'm so interested in him as an...

The best biographies leave their readers with a sense of having all but entered into...

The best biographies leave their readers with a sense of having all but entered into...

Boswell is the first of biographers

Boswell is the first of biographers