Andy Kaufman Quotes

"I never told a joke in my life."
-Andy Kaufman

"I try to please people, to give them a good time, but I refuse to make my act conform to traditional show-biz standards of entertainment. There's a little voice that says, 'Oh, no, you can't do that, that's breaking all the rules.' That's the voice of show business. Then this other little voice says, 'Try it.' And most of the time, when the voice comes on and says, 'No,' that's the time it works."
-Andy Kaufman

"What's real? What's not? That's what I do in my act, test how other people deal with reality."
-Andy Kaufman

"I just want real reactions. I want people to laugh from the gut, be sad from the gut-or get angry from the gut."
-Andy Kaufman

"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."
-Andy Kaufman

"When I perform, it's very personal. I'm sharing things I like, inviting the audience into my room."
-Andy Kaufman

"There's no drama like wrestling."
-Andy Kaufman

"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?"
-Andy Kaufman