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At the Sahara, the seats are ...

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.

Buddy Hackett 30 quotes

There have always been mixed ...

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

Buddy Hackett 30 quotes

I found out that if you made ...

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.

Buddy Hackett 30 quotes

Once when I was golfing in Ge...

Once when I was golfing in Georgia, I hooked the ball into the swamp. I went in after it and found an alligator wearing a shirt with a picture of a little golfer on it.

Buddy Hackett 30 quotes

You want to know what makes m...

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.

Buddy Hackett 30 quotes

Don't carry a grudge. While ...

Don't carry a grudge. While you're carrying the grudge, the other guys's out there dancing.

Buddy Hackett 30 quotes

Your financial cost can best ...

Your financial cost can best be figured out when you realize that if you were to devote the same time and energy to business instead of gold, you would be a millionaire in approximately six weeks.

Buddy Hackett 30 quotes

Ya know, if you treat every c...

Ya know, if you treat every comic the way you treated me tonight, you would never see a bad show.

Buddy Hackett 30 quotes

I've had a few arguments with...

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.

Buddy Hackett 30 quotes

You look up at drama, down at...

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

Buddy Hackett 30 quotes

When I do an hour-and-a-half ...

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.

Buddy Hackett 30 quotes

I used to like to dig myself ...

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

Buddy Hackett 30 quotes

A comic, you have to be looki...

A comic, you have to be looking down at him. My favorite rooms, the audience is above the stage, stadium-style.

Buddy Hackett 30 quotes

I have the gift of laughter. ...

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.

Buddy Hackett 30 quotes

As a child my family's menu c...

As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.

Buddy Hackett 30 quotes

Ninety-nine percent is in the...

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.

Buddy Hackett 30 quotes

What makes a comedian has not...

What makes a comedian has nothing to do with religion. Think of Red Skelton, Jimmy Durante, Jackie Gleason, who were all Catholics.

Buddy Hackett 30 quotes

There have always been mixed ...

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

Buddy Hackett 30 quotes

Your financial cost can best b...

Your financial cost can best be figured out when you realize that if you were to devote the same time and energy to business instead of gold, you would be a millionaire in approximately six weeks.

Buddy Hackett 30 quotes

Ya know, if you treat every co...

Ya know, if you treat every comic the way you treated me tonight, you would never see a bad show.

Buddy Hackett 30 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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