Whenever I play a role, whether it's good or bad, an evil person or nice person, I believe in being a purist and going all the way with the role. If …

- Andy Kaufman

I never told a joke in my life.

- Andy Kaufman

While all the other kids were out playing ball and stuff, I used to stay in my room and imagine that there was a camera in the wall. And I used to re…

- Andy Kaufman

When you go through a tunnel - you're going on a train - you go through a tunnel, the tunnel is dark, but you're still going forward. Just remember t…

- Andy Kaufman

My mother sent me to psychiatrists since the age of four because she didnt think little boys should be sad. When my brother was born, I stared out th…

- Andy Kaufman

As they say in my country, the only thing that separates us from the animals is mindless superstition and pointless ritual.

- Andy Kaufman

There's no way to describe what I do. It's just me.

- Andy Kaufman

I just want real reactions. I want people to laugh from the gut, be sad from the gut - or get angry from the gut.

- Andy Kaufman

What's real? What's not? That's what I do in my act, test how other people deal with reality.

- Andy Kaufman