Johnny Knoxville Quotes

I'm just basking in the glory.

Coal mining is tough. Acting is just tedious.

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

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 pretty much operate on adrenaline and ignorance.

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

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.

Being a complete juvenile delinquent helped me grow up a little.

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 don't remember the first stunt I ever did.

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.

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

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 just try to think of all the things that could go wrong so in that split second when it happens, maybe your body reacts in a way where it protects you just a little.

I have a full grown, semi-nude man bound with duct tape in my truck and I was trying to get out to the desert to bury him. How do I get to 5 South?

I feel like my eyes have gonorrhea.

I don't care what other people think.

People think by challenging me they're going to show they're tough. But I'm not tough. Decent drinker. Not such a bad kisser. But not a great fighter.

I am nothing that isn't professional.

I love the tabloids except for when I'm in 'em. Especially with the stuff they wrote about Jessica and I - it's obviously not true.

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 love Louisiana. It's amazing.

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

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 think I'm a little concussed.

I think everyone roots for the underdog.

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

If someone hits me I consider it a challenge.

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

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

What an honor that Stephen Prouty got nominated for best makeup and hairstyling for Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa. Am I as stunned as everyone else we didn’t get the nod for best picture? Well of course, duh, but I won’t let that take away from my happiness for Steve, Tony Gardner, and our whole makeup team. Wahoo!

People go to car races to watch the crashes.

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

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.

But I can still lick the spoon!

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.

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

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

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

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

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.