Madeline Kahn Quotes

Comedy is an ability to observe and see what's funny in a situation and be able to forget yourself enough to do it.

Ah, but the servant waits, while the master baits.

It's acceptable for men to act the fool. When women try, they're considered aggressive and opinionated.

I can't even really tell a joke. I find being funny very hard work. I am always asked about it and I feel guilty saying that, but it's the truth. I love my work but it ain't easy.

If a scene isn't well written they'll drop your neckline to fill the void.

Me, as myself, I don't think I'm particularly funny. But I've noticed that people in my life always have found me amusing. Which, when I was little, really bothered me.

My mother was a Bohemian - in the good sense of the word. A searcher. And she investigated various religions.

Comedy is created when someone is trying very earnestly to do what he feels is the right thing to do at that moment.

What's wrong with musicals now is all the gifted men who've died of AIDS-who would otherwise be here today creating great theater.

Fun is carefree. I am not carefree.

In Hollywood I thought I was large and klutzy, like the characters I played.

I find being funny very hard work. I am always asked about it, and I feel guilty saying that, but it's the truth. I love my work, but it ain't easy.