A Quote by Rhys Darby

Here's my take on Andy Kaufman... For Kaufman, comedy was a skill that was open for examination. He didn't just do comedy, he deconstructed it like it was a transistor set. He pulled out all the wires and switched them around, often in front of our very eyes.

Rhys Darby

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Rhys Darby
New Zealander - Comedian
Born: March 21, 1974

I'm a huge fan of Andy Kaufman. He made his living just being all sorts of characters, and nobody really knowing who the real Andy Kaufman is. And in a sense, I don't think any of you know who the real Trisha Paytas is either.

Trisha Paytas

I think Andy Kaufman is to comedy what the Velvet Underground was to music - it's like, 80 thousand records sold, but everybody who bought one started a band.

Courtney Love

Of course, the whole Andy Kaufman angle was classic. I'm real proud of that. I mean that is something people are still talking about 20 years later, making movies about and that sort of thing. I mean not a day goes by that someone doesn't mention Andy Kaufman to me

Jerry Lawler

Even if I don't see Brooklyn I have to see Anomolisa, because it's Charlie Kaufman. No one is doing things that they should't be doing more in cinema than Charlie Kaufman. This is how I look at it: he had an incredible story that was going to resonate regardless, but just shooting that movie is too easy for Charlie Kaufman.

Bun B

There was a thing in the Andy Kaufman movie that Jim Carrey [Man On The Moon] about how he would do it. I didn't even see the movie. I read the script. But someone asked me, "Do you know what the best part of the Jim Carrey/Andy Kaufman movie is?" And I said, "me lee see ree bee." I just knew that would be the best part.

Neal Brennan

I was told David Letterman and Kaufman had heart attacks on the same day: David Letterman's heart attack was at a hospital in NYC. Kaufman's heart attack was at the red light district in Amsterdam, Holland. I think Kaufman had more fun. You're a great artist. I just love the way you painted my portrait.

Howard Stern

My heroes, growing up, were people like Andy Kaufman and Groucho Marx and people that very rarely drop the persona.

Bobcat Goldthwait

Because I just loved to spend two years of my life in the company of Andy Kaufman and other characters.

Milos Forman

I like Bill Murray a real lot. I like Andy Kaufman.

Glenn Danzig

I've always been a fan of Andy Kaufman.

Matthew Gray Gubler

I do strive to be the Andy Kaufman of TV news.

Lawrence O'Donnell

I wish I could have seen Andy Kaufman live.

Hugh Skinner

I was heavily influenced by Andy Kaufman and Steven Wright.

David Cross

What I always say is that we're the illegitimate children of Andy Kaufman and Jerry Lewis.

Kevin McDonald

I know Charlie Kaufman really well, for instance. Charlie Kaufman starts a story, and he has no freaking idea where he's going. None. Zero. And he doesn't want to know, because there's a little bit of death in that.

Stephen Gaghan

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