I don't do jokes. The characters are my jokes. Jonathan Winters characterjoke Change image and share on social
My mother and father were very strange people. They tried to be funny which is always very sad to me. Jonathan Winters fatherfunnymother Change image and share on social
Something I'll always remember - when I was a kid, I shook hands with Orville Wright. Forty years later, I shook hands with Neil Armstrong. The guy that invented the airplane and the guy that walked on the moon. In a lifetime, that's kinda wild when you think about it. Jonathan Winters airplanearmstrongforty share on social
I love improvisation. You can't blame it on the writers. You can't blame it on direction. You can't blame it on the camera guy... It's you. You're on. You've got to do it, and you either sink or swim with what you've got. Jonathan Winters blamecameradirection share on social
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it. Jonathan Winters shipswim Change image and share on social
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. Jonathan Winters detectivedoctorfight share on social
I began painting well before I started doing comedy. In fact, when I came out of the war in 1946, I enrolled in art school in Dayton, Ohio. I painted for three years, and then show business took hold. Jonathan Winters artbeginbusiness Change image and share on social
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it. Jonathan Winters aheadsuccesswait Change image and share on social
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. Jonathan Winters comedyfindgod Change image and share on social
I've done for the most part pretty much what I intended - I ended up doing comedy, writing and painting. I've had a ball. And as I get older, I just become an older kid. Jonathan Winters ballcomedyend Change image and share on social
