Quotes by Buddy Hackett

Buddy Hackett

American actor and comedian

Lived from: 1924 - 2003

Category: Comedians | Movie

Born: 31 august 1924 Died: 30 june 2003

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  • A comic, you have to be looking down at him. My favorite rooms, the audience is above the stage, stadium-style.
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  • As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.
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  • As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it, or leave it.
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  • 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.
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  • I found out that if you made people laugh, they like you. Most people got to like me because I made them laugh. When they didn't, I hit them.
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  • 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.
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  • I've had a few arguments with people, but I never carry a grudge. You know why? While you're carrying a grudge, they're out dancing.
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  • If you have the right voice and the right delivery, you're cocky enough, and you pound down on the punch line, you can say anything and make people laugh maybe three times before they realize you're not telling jokes.
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  • Ninety-nine percent is in the delivery. If you have the right voice and the right delivery, you're cocky enough, and you pound down on the punch line, you can say anything and make people laugh maybe three times before they realize you're not telling jokes.
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  • There have always been mixed emotions about Howard Cosell: Some people hate him like poison, and other people just hate him regular.
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  • What makes a comedian has nothing to do with religion. Think of Red Skelton, Jimmy Durante, Jackie Gleason, who were all Catholics.
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  • 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.
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  • You look up at drama, down at comedy. A singer, looking up is okay. A comic, it's death.
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  • You want to know what makes me tick, I'll tell you what makes me tick. I was a boy growing up in Brooklyn; I read a two-penny magazine called 'The Hawk's Nest.' Nobody entered that nest that didn't leave a little richer and a little wiser. And that 11-year-old boy said, 'Isn't that a wonderful thing.' And that's all there is to it.
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What are the most famous quotes from Buddy Hackett?

The two most famous quotes from Buddy Hackett are:

  • "A comic, you have to be looking down at him. My favorite rooms, the audience is above the stage, stadium-style."
  • "As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it."

When did Buddy Hackett live?

Buddy Hackett was born in 1924 and died in the year 2003.