39 Quotes by Buddy Hackett

There have always been mixed emotions about Howard Cosell: Some people hate him like poison, and other people just hate him regular.

At the Sahara, the seats are banked and most of the audience is looking down at the stage. Everybody in the business knows: Up for singers, down for comics. The people want to idealize a singer. They want to feel superior to a comic. You're trying to make them laugh. They can't laugh at someone they're looking up to.

I have the gift of laughter. I can make people laugh at will. In good times and in bad. And that I don't question. It was a gift from God.

I've had a good day when I don't fall out of the cart.

A comedian sees the world bent. I'm tangent to the circle.

When I do an hour-and-a-half show, if I don't improvise 20 minutes worth of new material each night, I feel I've let myself down.

I used to like to dig myself a hole just to see how long it took to get out of it.

You look up at drama, down at comedy. A singer, looking up is okay. A comic, it's death.

I'm an actor. I want to do drama.