Top 25 Slapstick Quotes

I was into ‘In Living Color,’ ‘Martin,’ the ‘Ace Ventura’ movies. I love slapstick stuff, too: ‘Naked Gun’ and ‘Caddyshack.’

Really, when people put together the highlight reels of the classic moments from ‘Friends,’ ‘Seinfeld,’ ‘Cheers,’ even ‘MASH,’ they’re full of broad slapstick comedy. Call it cheap or lowbrow, but it works and it works for people of all ages.

I’ve always loved pure, silly slapstick comedy. It always makes me laugh.

I don’t feel genres have helped me as an actor. Movies can be of any genre. But if you give me slapstick, I may not do it.

In terms of being vulgar, I don’t think you need to be violent unless it’s slapstick, violence to yourself. That can be funny – we’ve all tripped and fallen on our faces.

I took a couple of classes in clowning, but that was more like Lucille Ball kind of slapstick, not Ringling Brothers. But we had to do things silently, and the teacher would do this running commentary. ‘Does this make Clown sad? Oh, Clown doesn’t like that, does Clown?’ Always ‘Clown.’ Never a name.

I’m a guy who has more slapstick than Joe Cool moments in his day, so I’m not taking myself so seriously.

‘Raising Arizona’ is maybe my favorite comedy of all time. What’s great about it is that as slapstick as it gets, it has great moments of emotion and caring. Them bringing the baby back and Trey Wilson’s character. I love that, man.

I want to see good-quality comedy shows, not the slapstick ones or where people imitate others.

Chris Farley, I was a huge fan of his growing up. I would love to do something kind of slapstick and funny, maybe where I could change my look even a little bit.

The word ‘comedy’ implies slapstick.

I find myself laughing at a lot of things, from slapstick to dark humor. I’m pretty much all over the place.

Even today, people tell me that the slapstick humour in ‘Friends’ is the most viewed comedy track on television. Siddique knows the art of mixing slapstick with genuine humour.

I’m all about the slapstick, generally. If you fell off it, into it, or through it, I’m probably nearby wetting myself.

I do love situational comedy, clowning, and slapstick; I approach that with a lot of respect. The goofier you are, it doesn’t mean you’re going to be funnier.

Sometimes you don’t want to be a slapstick clown in order to convey a funny perception of the world.

Bollywood always expected me to indulge in slapstick. I don’t mind it, but for how long!

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

I don’t see myself doing slapstick movies or being a part of them, even if they get the box office ringing. It’s not my space; I haven’t reached that point.

I’m a big fan of American vaudeville and Hollywood silent film-era slapstick and the music halls full of ridiculous, eccentric characters.

Some lucky people can be funny without half trying because they actually look funny, because acting funny is in their bones – fun as funny, not funny as crude slapstick.

I’ve always tended to write comedy, but I’d hate to just write some kind of sitcom or a lighthearted series of jokes and slapstick. I wanted to talk about some deeper things within the comedy.

There are thousands of ways to make people laugh – satire, black comedy, slapstick.

Comedy is difficult, especially slapstick. The trick is to have fun while you are performing it.

I would love to play Mary in ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ or ‘Virginia Woolf’ or a comedy – just, like, a slapstick comedy.