"I really wanted people to pay attention to me and like me. And the class clown thing, you know? There's a weird desperation to the class clown when you really investigate it. Why are they trying to be the clown so much? They're filling some kind of hole."

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Source : "Jack Black's dramatic turn". Interview with Stone Phillips, www.nbcnews.com. December 2, 2005.

Jack Black

#Class Quotes #People Quotes #Trying Quotes

“There is within every human being a deep well of thinking over which a heavy iron lid is kept clamped.”
“I like extravagance. Letters which give the postman a stiff back to carry, books which overflow from their covers, sexuality which bursts the thermometers.”
“I have to warn you that my bedroom isn't the best place to stage an assault on me. It's where I'm at my weakest, with my bed a mere twenty feet away.”
“When love is in excess, it brings a man no honor, no worthiness.”
“In democratic ages men rarely sacrifice themselves for another, but they show a general compassion for all the human race. One never sees them inflict pointless suffering, and they are glad to relieve the sorrows of others when they can do so without much trouble to themselves. They are not disinterested, but they are gentle.”
“Jesus was a white man, too. Its like we have, hes a historical figure thats a verifiable fact, as is Santa, I just want kids to know that. How do you revise it in the middle of the legacy in the story and change Santa from white to black?”
“Courage is required to make an initial thrust towards ones coveted goal, But even greater courage is called for when one stumbles and must make a second effort to achieve.”
“The speed of light sucks.”

Source : "The Egos At Id". Interview with Marc Laidlaw, www.wired.com. August 1, 1996.

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