Jussie Smollett Quotes

I just love making a fool out of myself. I made my living as a clown at kids' parties for about three years.

I do a lot of family shows.

When I see professional clowns, mimes, or people who makes ballon animals, I think of their relatives and how disappointed they must be.

I thought I wanted to be a clown, because what would be better than making people laugh?

I'm a goofball.

I was always a bit of a jokester.

I'm good at being funny.

I don't care about how I look; I'm dedicated to the laughs. You know, I used to be a clown, so - my name was Smoothie the Clown. All the training I had, all my training is geared toward making people laugh, and I didn't care about being cool.

You know, I was the class clown in Catholic school, but I never thought I would make a living out of it!

Even as a little child, I've always had that comedian kind of attitude.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a clown. I didn't want to be an actor, I wanted to join the circus and entertain people.

I think since I was kid people told me that they thought I was funny.

I was a bit of a goofball. I was always silly. I think that lends itself to being an actor.

I thought I was funny as a kid.

I was the kid who liked making other people laugh, so maybe the comedy came before the acting.

I was always the class clown.

I was a class clown.

I gave a funny speech at my wife's birthday party, and I'm thinking, 'Hey, I've still got it.'

Comedians are the monkeys of acting. When you go to the zoo, everybody loves the monkey exhibit.

I think I'm a lot funnier and goofier than people were able to see on 'Dancing With the Stars.'

I've always said that instead of watching a guy juggle seven things amazingly I would rather see a really bad juggler who's really funny.

I was a class clown. My father was a class clown. My son has been a class clown, and it sort of ran in the family.

The thing I gravitated to was being the class clown. It was very competitive.

It is a pretty odd profession - tickling people - but it can be lucrative.

I've done everything from cater, wait tables, pre-school teacher, painting, to being Cinderella, Elmo, a clown, nanny, selling hair... I would do kid's parties and entertain and do magic and paint faces and balloon animals. The highlight of my life.