Andy Kaufman Quotes
I am not a comic, I have never told a joke...The comedian's promise is that he will go out there and make you laugh with him...My only promise is that I will try to entertain you as best I can....They say, 'Oh wow, Andy Kaufman, he's a really funny guy.' But I'm not trying to be funny. I just want to play with their heads.'
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It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
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Mundra Port remains committed towards setting up of world-class port infrastructure and facilities in India.
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I was in a commercial for the Disney channel. I was the camp leader for the campers.
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I was a go-go dancer at the Dom on East 10th Street in NYC. This was a glittering ballroom over Stanley's Bar. 1965.
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It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress.
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I'm Cuban, so I like a bit of curve. I just want my booty to have a little lift!
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I think the best president - because he changed the whole mood of the country, the whole economy of the country, and stood up to Communism... that was continuing its causes around the world, and backed them off and caused them to collapse - and that was Ronald Reagan.
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Somebody once told me I shouldn't try to change Hollywood. That isn't my point at all. I don't want Hollywood to change me.
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People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.
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I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.
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Geffen was never supportive of the band.
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Whatever they did for democracy, the U.S. interventions in the Middle East and the vaunted Arab Spring have proved to be pure hell for Arab Christians.
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My grandparents met each other in amateur theatre. My uncle is an actor.
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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
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You need a big ego to be an artist.
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Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy.
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Earth's dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation.
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We hear of the wealth of nations, of the powers of production, of the demand and supply of markets, and we forget that these words mean no more, if they mean any thing, then the happiness, and the labor, and the necessities of men.
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On some days in prison you might just need to get out of there, but on some days - not all days, but some - you might be able to see the sky and see the blue in it.
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If you love your work, you'll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you - like a fever.
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To judge therefore of Shakespeare by Aristotle's rule is like trying a man by the Laws of one Country who acted under those of another.
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I was prepared to get knocked out myself trying to knock him out, because then I could sleep at night knowing that I've given my best.
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Exposure to a diversity of disciplines has been exceptionally helpful to me.
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I am not a comic, I have never told a joke...The comedian's promise is that he will go out there and make you laugh with him...My only promise is that I will try to entertain you as best I can....They say, 'Oh wow, Andy Kaufman, he's a really funny guy.' But I'm not trying to be funny. I just want to play with their heads.'
