Top 35 Johnny Knoxville Quotes

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 don’t care what other people think.

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

People go to car races to watch the crashes.

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.

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

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

I love the tabloids except for when I’m in ’em.

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

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’m just basking in the glory.

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 want to do dramas. I want to do comedies.

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.

The worse the reviews, the better for our demographic.

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

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.

My parents said that I was nine months old and would throw myself out of the crib onto the floor continually. As soon as they left the room after putting me back in they’d hear a big bump and I’d be on the floor again.

I think everyone roots for the underdog.

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.

It’s a real primal thing, watching someone get hurt. It’s funny and accessible.

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’m so uncoordinated, I can’t really do that much, so my specialty is standing in one spot or holding on to something, like an exploding rocket or a jetski.

I pretty much operate on adrenaline and ignorance.

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

I actually got stabbed at my friend’s bachelor party. In real life.

I have a whole slew of doctors. I can count eight in my phone right now – eight different doctors, all for different parts of my body. I have specialists.

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

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

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.

When I used to go into bars people would try and fight me. Women would punch me 10 years ago or put cigarettes out on my arm or my face. But it doesn’t seem to happen any more. They show us a lot of love.

What calmed me down finally was when my girlfriend got pregnant.