43 Movie Quotes about Clowns (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: May 24, 2026

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 Hey, kids! -What? -Get your lazy bottoms out of bed and do jumping jacks with Binky the Clown. One, two!

Thom Huge as Binky The Clown in Garfield's Halloween Adventure (1985)

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

Quote from Ocean's 11 (1960)

4 Who is this clown? He doesn't look like one of mine.

Tim Curry as Taurus Bulba in Darkwing Duck (1991)

5 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

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

Quote from Batman (1966)

7 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

8 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)

9 That's because you're a clown!

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

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

Quote from Dumbo (1941)