41 Movie Quotes about Clowns (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Oct 23, 2025

Memorable quotes about clowns, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 Scary clown.

Steve Carell as Hammy The Squirrel in Over the Hedge

2 Clowns, they've got to be. I like clowns, but they should be funny. It's a clown's business being funny.

Frank Sinatra as Danny Ocean in Ocean's 11 (1960)

3 Heh, look at them, lieutenant. Everybody is a clown. How do you expect to win the war mit an army of clowns? -We sort of hope you'll laugh yourselves to death.

Don Taylor as James Dunbar in Stalag 17 (1953)

4 Devilish clown prince of crime. If I only had a nickel for every time he's baffled us.

Adam West as Bruce Wayne - Batman in Batman (1966)

5 You're gonna die, clown! You think that's funny? I don't hear you laughing now!

Adam Sandler as Happy Gilmore in Happy Gilmore

6 What's wrong with me? Rented a bouncy house? Chicks don't like bouncy houses. They like clowns.

Jonah Hill as Hal Stewart Titan in Megamind (2010)

7 That's because you're a clown!

John Ratzenberger as P.T. Flea in A Bug's Life

8 Because, you see, when you first brought them here, I thought you'd hired a bunch of clowns.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Princess Atta in A Bug's Life

9 They'll have more respect for us clowns now. - Yeah, you bet.

Edward Brophy as Timothy Q. Mouse in Dumbo (1941)

10 Oh, we're gonna get more money 'cause we know that we're funny. We're gonna hit the big boss for a raise

Edward Brophy as Timothy Q. Mouse in Dumbo (1941)

41 Movie Quotes about Clowns (+ Sound Clips)

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