“Clowning is a trick to get love close. I can hug 99 percent of people ...” — Patch Adams Quote

“Clowning is a trick to get love close. I can hug 99 percent of people in the first second of contact if I'm in my clown character. The clown assumes your humanity. It assumes that, whatever trauma you've had, you can still love yourself.”

“I'm a clown, which could be a public health role. I'm really interested in moving our society away from a society needing Xanax and Prozac, and that is really feeling depressed, to one that is celebrating, and so I find just walking around in colorful clothes, people smile.”

“It's easy to assume that just because you make something in small volumes, not using many tools, that there is integrity and care - that is a false assumption.”

“People assume I'm posh because I'm one of the acting dames. I grew up in Tottenham and didn't used to speak like I do now.”

“If the whole of the industry is suffering it would be naive to assume we would not suffer too.”