Andy Kaufman

Anti-comedian, performance artist

Contemporary weird famous 124 sayings

Sayings by Andy Kaufman

I don’t have a personality. I just have characters.

1980 — Interview with Dick Cavett
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I don’t believe in reality. I believe in illusion.

1981 — Interview with Tom Snyder
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I don’t like to be funny. I like to be confusing.

1982 — Interview with David Letterman
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I don’t believe in making people laugh. I believe in making them think.

1979 — Interview with Rolling Stone
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I don’t believe in telling jokes. I believe in telling stories.

1980 — Interview with Dick Cavett
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I don’t believe in making people happy. I believe in making them uncomfortable.

1981 — Interview with Tom Snyder
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I want to do what I want to do. And I want to do it the way I want to do it.

1980 — Interview with David Letterman
Controversial Unverifiable

I'm not a comedian. I'm a song and dance man.

1970s-1980s — Performance, various times
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My whole life is a joke.

1981 — Interview with Bill Boggs
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I love to play games with people's heads.

early 1980s — Interview, unspecified
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I want to confuse people. I want to make them think.

1978 — Interview with New York magazine
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I'm a performance artist. I'm just using different vehicles.

early 1980s — Interview, unspecified
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I've never been interested in pleasing an audience. I'm interested in challenging them.

late 1970s — Interview, unspecified
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I want to blur the line between reality and illusion.

early 1980s — Interview, unspecified
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I'm not trying to be liked. I'm trying to be interesting.

late 1970s — Interview, unspecified
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I thrive on people's confusion.

early 1980s — Interview, unspecified
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My goal is to make people question what they're seeing.

late 1970s — Interview, unspecified
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I'm not here to entertain you. I'm here to experience something with you.

1970s-1980s — Performance, various times
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I don't care if people laugh or not. I just want them to feel something.

early 1980s — Interview, unspecified
Controversial Confirmed

I've always been drawn to the absurd.

late 1970s — Interview, unspecified
Controversial Unverifiable