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
You've got to be an observer. And you've got to take time to listen to people, talk, to watch what they do. Jonathan Winters havelistenobserver 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
The most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning - it's a man or a woman without a sense of humor. Jonathan Winters cancerdiseasefear Change image and share on social
I started out as an artist, and what I do is verbal paintings. I paint a picture. Hopefully, you'll see the characters and what they're doing and what they're saying. Jonathan Winters artistcharacterpaint 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 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
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
I don't paint every day. I'm not that motivated. I don't do anything the same every day. Jonathan Winters daymotivatepaint Change image and share on social
Well, the most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning - it's a man or a woman without a sense of humor. Jonathan Winters cancerdiseasefear Change image and share on social
