Buster Keaton

We used to get arrested every other week — that is, the old man would get arrested.

— Buster Keaton

The funny thing about our act is that dad gets the worst of it, although I'm the one who apparently receives the bruises … the secret is in landing limp and breaking the fall with a foot or a hand. It's a knack. I started so young that landing right is second nature with me. Several times I'd have been killed if I hadn't been able to land like a cat. Imitators of our act don't last long, because they can't stand the treatment.

— Buster Keaton

A picture without falls is as bad as Niagara in the same fix

— Buster Keaton

Marriage is fine as an institution, but bad as a habit

— Buster Keaton

Our hero came from Nowhere — he wasn't going Anywhere and he got kicked off Somewhere.

— Buster Keaton

If one more person tells me this is just like old times, I swear I'll jump out the window.

— Buster Keaton

Charlie Chaplin and I would have a friendly contest: Who could do the feature film with the least subtitles?

— Buster Keaton