3 Buster Keaton Quotes on Physical comedy

Buster Keaton quotes on physical comedy

2. The funny thing about our act is that dad gets the worst of it, although I'm the one who apparently receives the bruises . . . the secret is in landing limp and breaking the fall with a foot or a hand. It's a knack. I started so young that landing right is second nature with me. Several times I'd have been killed if I hadn't been able to land like a cat. Imitators of our act don't last long, because they can't stand the treatment.

12. I said, 'how am I gonna keep from flinching?' He said, 'Look away from me. When I say turn, it'll be there.' He put my head where my feet were!

17. The moment you give me a locomotive and things like that to play with, as a rule I find some way of getting laughs with it.