Quotes By Johnny Knoxville

I want to do dramas. I want to do comedies.

I'm not looking to lose anything. I'm looking to continue making movies.

It's unfortunate when kids get hurt, but I wish parents would monitor what their kids are doing and watching. It's common sense, really.

You were about five feet short of a ten feet jump?

We're just trying to make ourselves laugh. We realize critics are going to hate it, but it just makes fans like it more.

I'm lucky enough to be with someone, and I am happy.

'I know this is going to end bad, but I'm going to pretend it's going to end good.' My life's philosophy.

People go to car races to watch the crashes.

People try to challenge me in bars every now and then. As long as they're not physical I just walk away, but if they get physical then I just end up in a fight.

I don't remember the first stunt I ever did.

Everything you see on screen is real. By doing what we do, there's naturally going to be a lot of grimacing. And whimpering.

Suffering will get you great footage. I don't know about closer to God. Although there have been times when I've suffered to the point where I think I might be about to meet him.

I'm just basking in the glory.

It's just an unhealthy way to approach something, trying to outdo your last thing. You've gotta trust evolution, you've gotta trust that the bar is moving, that you don't need to force the bar. It'll just happen.

You can tell it's good if you light it and a blue flame comes up; that means it's good moonshine and it won't make you go blind.

I think everyone roots for the underdog.

I just love that spirit that makes people do things that they probably shouldn't.

I pretty much operate on adrenaline and ignorance.

I'm the fun dad, I am also the disciplinarian.

A couple days before the stunts, if I'm doing something particularly dangerous, I will go over every worst-case scenario in my head, like this could happen, this could happen, this could happen, this could happen. I try to think about that to where it's ingrained in me.

I was a really bad kid. Then, I got sweet as I got older.

I'm not out running around all the time. I'm not partying constantly and constantly battling myself. I'm with someone, and we are very, very happy.

Doctors have told me I have a high pain threshold, but I can only know what I feel. I think I'm good at minimising the pain and being indifferent to it.

I love Louisiana. It's amazing.

The worse the reviews, the better for our demographic.

Of course I've had a bunch of broken bones, sprains and I've had five or six concussions, with three serious ones. I also got a real heavy duty blood clot and internal bleeding from where I was shot in the stomach with a beanbag bullet that the police use for crowd control. I've also had six stitches in my head.

A lot of stand-up comedy guys, when they get a little famous, just give up their stand-up career, and it cancels out the thing that set them apart.

I do get obsessed with constantly thinking of ideas, all day long, but that's just how it is.

Everyone gets hurt, but I've probably had the most injuries.

I don't care what other people think.