Andy Kaufman quotes

There’s no drama like wrestling.
- Andy Kaufman

I'm having everything. I'm a vegetarian, too. But in my mother's house, I eat whatever I'm served.
- Andy Kaufman

I see the world as an illusion, and we shouldn't take ourselves so seriously.
- Andy Kaufman

There’s no way to describe what I do. It’s just me.
- Andy Kaufman

Pure entertainment is not an egotistical lady singing boring songs on stage 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

That was part of the whole original concept. We were thinking, it's off-season, let's do a really fun, local-oriented event, raise money for good causes and bring some music to the valley.
- Andy Kaufman

I thought Doodyville was inside of the television. You know, like, if television was this box - and if I went inside the box that was a television, I'd be in Doodyville.
- Andy Kaufman

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

I would like to do the Elvis Presley.
- 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

If I play my cards right, I could bring network wrestling back to TV. Unfortunately, to most people, wrestling is a laughingstock. But fortunately, I'm reaching people who otherwise wouldn't watch it.
- 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

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

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

The critics try to intellectualize my material. There’s no satire involved. Satire is a concept that can only be understood by adults. My stuff is straight, for people of all ages.
- Andy Kaufman

I'm not a comedian. I don't wanna go for cheap laughs.
- Andy Kaufman