I. Frost's Selected Quotations

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The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.

All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

A day without laughter is a day wasted

I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.

I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President

That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head.

" Laughter is the tonic, the relief, and the surcease for pain."
I may show actors too much by mimicry
but I'm a damn fine director.

I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.

I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.
No matter how desperate the predicament is, I'm always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head.

By simple common sense I don't believe in God, in none.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

" Wars, conflict, it's all business. One murder makes a villain. Millions a hero. Numbers sanctify."

I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.

That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head

In the end, everything is a gag.