47 Quotes by Andy Kaufman

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    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.

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    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.

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

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    I just want the audience to have a wonderful, happy feeling inside them and leave with big smiles on their faces.

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    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?

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    If I was going to be a little boy about it, I'd go into hiding for one or two years. But if I was going to be a man about it, it'd be 20 or 30 years.

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    I'm from Hollywood. That's where we make movies and TV shows... I'm not from down here in men-fus ten-uh-see, okay?

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    I'm having everything. I'm a vegetarian, too. But in my mother's house, I eat whatever I'm served.

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