Jonathan Winters Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Discipline is tough for a guy who is a rebel.”

“As a kid, I always wanted to be lots of things. I was a Walter Mitty type. I wanted to be in the French Foreign Legion, a detective, a doctor, a test pilot with a scarf, a fisherman who hauled in a tremendous marlin after a 12-hour fight.”

“My paintings and comedy have a lot in common. They are both improvisations based on observation.”

“I know you can be funny without being filthy.”

“I was always an observer, even as a child. I could be satisfied to sit in a car for 3 hours and just look at the street go by while my mother went shopping.”

“I started out as an artist, and what I do is verbal paintings. I paint a picture. Hopefully, you'll see the characters and what they're doing and what they're saying.”

“I find painting a much slower process than comedy, where you can go a mile a minute verbally and hope to God that some of the people out there understand you.”

“I find painting a much slower process than comedy, where you can go a mile a minute verbally and hope to God that some of the people out there understand you. I don't paint every day. I'm not that motivated.”

“I don't paint every day. I'm not that motivated. I don't do anything the same every day.”

“My mother had a radio show - a Barbara Walters type of gal and was very successful for about 20-some years on a radio station.”