154 Best Joker Quotes from The Dark Knight 2008, Joker 2019, Suicide Squad 2016, Batman 1989, The Killing Joke 2016 and so on

1.9K

You may have a deep impression of the Joker with his complex makeup, exaggerative laughs, sad inner world, and inspirational words. Here I collected 154 top Joker Quotes (resonated to me) from the movies of The Dark Knight 2008, Joker 2019, Suicide Squad 2016, Batman 1989, The Killing Joke 2016, and more.

The Joker seems hard to be understood as:

1. Tragedy and comedy together
2. Sometimes make people laugh, but sometimes make people afraid of
3. Both happy and sad
4. Look very lonely in the crowd, masks on the face but show a certain reality

Joker Quotes (Heath Ledger) from The Dark Knight 2008

Heath Ledger won the Best Performance by an Actor in Oscar in a Supporting Role in The Dark Knight (2008) in 2009. But he died at the age of 28 for unknown reasons at home.

The Heath Ledger version of Joker is a practical philosopher with super high IQ, elusive, mysterious and crazy. With the philosophy that “human nature is evil”, Joker takes Gotham as his own testing ground in order to prove that Batman’s ideas and the method of saving Gotham are absolutely wrong.

The Joker is an idealist, he seems to be unscrupulous and has no bottom line, but is willing to dedicate his life to his faith. I think this is the most fascinating part of Heath Ledger’s Joker. He tells his own stories, but no one knows whether it is true or not. He has no superpowers, but he can make the whole city cooperate with his experiments unknowingly.

In the movie, Batman represents justice and light in Gotham, while the joker is on behalf of the evil and dark side of the city. But this villain has become the most eye-catching part of the movie. The joker makes people look at the world from a different perspective.

He talked about the scars in his mouth repeatedly; He always licks his lips while talking; He would stick his head out of the police car. Seems to be pursuing the freedom to mock the world…

1#. “Are you the real Batman?”

2#. “It’s a funny world we live in. Speaking of funny, do you know how I got these scars?”

3#. “If you are good at something, never do it for free.” 

4#. “As you know, madness is like gravity. All it takes is a little push.”

5#. “Oh, what the heck, I’ll laugh anyway. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Haa!”

6#. “How about a magic trick?”

7#. “Very poor choice of words.”

8#. “I’m gonna make this pencil disappear.”

9#. “Give a man a mask and he will become his true self.”

10#. “And I thought my jokes were bad.”

11#. “When they treat you like a joke, leave them like it’s funny.”

12#. “They laugh at me because I’m different. I laugh at them because they’re all the same.”

13#. “Do I look like I’m joking?”

14#. “You can’t rely on anyone these days and you gotta do everything yourself, don’t we? That’s OK, I came prepared.”

15#. “Starting tonight. I’m a man of my word.”

16#. “When the chips are down, these civilized people, they’ll eat each other.”

17#. “You know what, you know what I noticed? Nobody panics when things go according to plan. Even if the plan is horrifying.”

18#. “Tell your men they work for me now! This is my city!”

19#. “Everything burns.”

20#. “You know where I can find Harvey? I need to talk to him about something. Just something, a little.”

21#. “You know, you remind me of my father. I hated my father.”

22#. “Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am? I’m a dog chasing cars. I wouldn’t know what to do with one if I caught it. you know, I just do…things.”

23#. “I just want her to know that I don’t care about the scars. So I stick a razor in my mouth and do this… Now I’m always smiling!”

24#. “Does it depress you? To know just how alone you really are?”

25#. “The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules.”

26#. “What doesn’t kill you simply makes you stranger!”

27#. “Wanna know how I got these scars? …Why so serious, son?” 

28#. “All you care about is money. This town deserves a better class of criminals, and I’m gonna give it to ’em.” 

29#. “Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I’m an agent of chaos.”

30#. “I don’t want to kill you! What would I do without you?! Go back to ripping off mob dealers? No, no. You complete me!”

31#. “A man with nothing to fear is a man with nothing to love. If you have nothing to love, you have nothing to lose.”

32#. “You have nothing, nothing to threaten me with. Nothing to do with all your strength.”

33#. “If someone hates you for no reason, give that jerk a reason.

34#. “When your time is good, your mistakes are taken as jokes. But when your time is bad, even your jokes are noticed as mistakes.”

35#. “I’m a man of simple taste. I like things such as gunpowder, dynamite and gasoline!”

36#. “Do you want to know why I use a knife? Guns are too quick.”

37#. “You see, I’m not a monster. I’m just ahead of the curb.”

Joker Quotes (Joaquin Phoenix) from the 2019 Movie Joker

The Joker in the movie Joker 2019 has no high IQ, no precise plan, and no superpowers. Also, no big dream, only hopes to be respected as a comedian to bring laughter to people. However, under the pressure of family, work, and social interaction, hopes are shattered, lose everything, and finally, middle-aged Arthur chose to resist society and eventually became the Joker.

He is a weak person in society, appearing in our sight with a sickly distorted laugh. Such a clown is very impressive. It was said that “There is no joker after Heath Ledger”. However, Joaquin Phoenix used his superb acting skills to interpret another possibility of Joker.

With makeup or no makeup or mask, you can see his loneliness and the darkness is the background color. The top layer is colorful and in the middle is the life of a clown.

The clown he acted, is not like on the screen, like in our life. It convinces the audience that the characters and stories in the film may appear in the real world.

Joker 2019 is not about letting the audience understand the clown, but about understanding the reason why the clown becomes a Joker.

38#. “Forgive my laughter. I have a condition.”

39#. “The worst part of having a mental illness is people expect you to behave as if you don’t.“

40#. “I used to think that my life was a tragedy. But now I realize it’s a comedy.” 

41#. “She (Mom) does. She always tells me to smile and put on a happy face. She says I was put here to spread joy and laughter.”

42#. “I had a bad day.”

43#. “I just don’t want to feel so bad anymore.”

44#. “What am I supposed to do about my medication now? Who do I talk to?”

45#. “Everybody’s telling me my stand-up is ready for the big clubs.

46#. “How about another joke, Murray?”

47#. “I’ll tell you what you get! You get what you f**king deserve!”

48#. “It’s a prop. It’s part of my act. I’m a party clown.”

49#. “Do I look like the kind of clown that can start a movement?”

50#. “No, I don’t. I wasn’t adopted. That’s not true. Why are you saying that?”

51#. “It’s funny, when I was a little boy and told people I wanted to be a comedian, everyone laughed at me. Well, no one’s laughing now!”

52#. “No, they’re not real. It’s magic. I was just trying to make Bruce smile.”

53#. “When I was a little boy and told people I was going to be a comedian, everyone laughed at me. Well, no one’s laughing now.”

54#. “Playing my video. Inviting me on the show. You just wanted to make fun of me. You’re just like the rest of them!”

55#. “I don’t want you worrying about money, Mom. Or me.”

56#. “You don’t listen, do you? You just ask the same questions every week. ‘How’s your job?’ ‘Are you having any negative thoughts?’ “All I have are negative thoughts.”

57#. “Comedy is subjective, Murray, isn’t that what they say? All of you, the system that knows so much: you decide what’s right or wrong the same way you decide what’s funny or not.”

58#. “There is no punchline.”

59#. “When you bring me out, can you introduce me as Joker?”

60#. “Comedy is subjective, Murray. Isn’t that what they say? All of you, the system that knows so much, you decide what’s right or wrong. The same way that you decide what’s funny or not.“

61#. “I’ve been the man of the house for as long as I can remember. I take good care of my mother.”

62#. “You know I do stand-up comedy. You should come to see a show sometime.”

63#. “Is it just me, or is it getting crazier out there?”

64#. “I feel like I know you. I’ve been watching you forever.”

65#. “Ugh, why is everybody so upset about these guys? If it was me dying on the sidewalk you’d walk right over me! I pass you every day and you don’t notice me! But these guys? Well because Thomas Wayne would cry about them on TV?”

66#. “What do you get when you cross a mentally ill loner with a society that abandons him and treats him like trash? You get what you fuckin’ deserve!“

67#. “You think men like Thomas Wayne ever think what it’s like to be someone like me? To be somebody but themselves? They don’t. They think that we’ll just sit there and take it, like good little boys! That we won’t werewolf and go wild!”

68#. “I’ve done some bad shit. And I’ve been thinking real hard about it. It’s so hard just to try and be happy all the time.”

Joker Quotes (Jack Nicholson) from the film Batman 1989

The Joker, played by Jack Nicholson, was considered as an elder Joker compared with Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix. Some people say Jack completely restored the Joker from original comics.

Jack’s performance is another style. His performance is more internal and pure, while the joker of Joaquin is with all kinds of pressure and tearing have reached the extreme, and Heath is insane and incisive.

Jack’s version of the Joker is a politician. The film tells how he transformed from a political figure to a scary clown and his grievances with Batman.

69#. “And here we go!”

70#. “I have given a name to my pain, and it is Batman.”

71#. “Wait till they get a load of me.”

69#. “Tell me something, my friend, have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?”

72#. “Haven’t you ever heard of the healing power of laughter?”

73#. “Can somebody tell me what kind of a world we live in, where a man dressed up as a bat gets all of my press? This town needs an enema!”

74#. “As though we were made for each other, beauty and the beast. Of course, if anyone else calls you ‘beast,’ I’ll rip their lungs out.”

75#. “Now comes the part where I relieve you, the little people, of the burden of your failed and useless lives.” 

76#. “You can call me…Joker. As you can see, I’m a lot happier!”

Joker Quotes from the Film Batman: The Killing Joke 2016 

77#. “Memories are what our reason is based upon. If we can’t face them, we deny reason itself!” 

78#. “When I saw what a black, awful joke the world was, I went crazy as a coot!” 

79#. “Life’s a bowl of cherries and this is the pits.”

80#. “By clinging to reality, you’re denying the reality of the situation.”

81#. “I’m not exactly sure what happened. Sometimes I remember it one way, sometimes another. If I’m going to have a past, I prefer it to be multiple choice!”

82#. “All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That’s how far the world is from where I am, just one bad day.” 

83#. “We aren’t contractually tied down to rationality! There is no Sanity Clause!”

84#. “I don’t know what it was that bent your life out of shape, but who knows? Maybe I’ve been there too. Maybe I can help.”

85#. “Madness is the emergency exit. You can just step outside, and close the door on all those dreadful things that happened. You can lock them away forever.”

Joker Love Quotes (Jared Leto) to Harley Quinn from Suicide Squad 2016

It can be said that playing the Joker with the classic images of Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger before required a lot of courage, but limited to the requirements and design of the film, it is difficult to say that this version of the joker is outstanding if compared with the previous two.

Because the focus of the film is not the clown at all, all of the clown’s scenes are designed for the performance of his lover – Harley Quinn.

86#. “Let’s go home.”

87#. “You know, I live for these moments with you.”

88#. “Huh? This bird is baked. Honey, it’s me and you.”   

89#. “You know I’d do anything for you. By the way, I’ve got some grape soda on ice and a bear skin rug waiting.”     

90#. “There is something you could do for me, Doctor.”  

91#. “Would you die for me? That’s too easy. Would you live for me?”      

92#. “Careful. Do not say this oath thoughtlessly.” 

93#. “What? Oh, I’m not gonna kill ya. I’m just gonna hurt you really, really bad.”     

94#. “I wouldn’t want you to break those perfect porcelain-capped teeth when the juice hits your brain.”     

95#. “Listen, you are my gift to this handsome hunka hunka! You belong to him now.”    

96#. “And you, Doctor… are not part of my plan.” 

97#. “Don’t hurt me. I’ll be your friend.”

Joker Animated Series Quotes

98#. “Not clown, Joker.”

99#. “Without Batman, crime has no punchline.”

100#. “Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg! The Batmobile lost a wheel and the Joker got away!”

101#. “Yet we’re linked, you and I. Like comedy and tragedy. Two sides, same coin.”

Joker Arkham Asylum Quotes

102#. “Ladies and murderers, welcome to the big fight!” 

103#. “I think I felt better when I was locked up in the hospital.”

104#. “His mask is his real face.”

105#.  “Come on, Bats, get crazy. It’s the only way to beat me!” 

Joker Quotes to Batman

106#. “Come on, I want you to do it. Come on, hit me.”

107#. “Then that’s the rule you’ll have to break to know the truth.” 

108#. “No, there’s only minutes left, so you’re gonna have to play my little game if you want to save one of them. ”

109#. “They need you right now, but when they don’t, they’ll cast you out like a leper!”

110#. “And I won’t kill you because you’re just too much fun. I think you and I are destined to do this forever.”

111#. “You didn’t think I’d risk the battle for Gotham’s soul in a fistfight with you?”

112#. “I suppose I’m going to have to teach you a lesson so you can better follow in his footsteps. Nah, I’m just gonna keep beating you.”

113#. “You see, in their last moments, people show you who they really are. So in a way, I know your friends better than you ever did.” 

114#. “Would you like to know which of them were cowards?” 

115#. “It’s ok to die, Bats, I’ll be here to protect Gotham I’ll do a real good job.”

Joker Sad Quotes

116#. “I hope my death makes more cents than my life.”

117#. “Don’t test the monster in me!”

118#. “For my whole life, I didn’t know if I even really existed. But I do, and people are starting to notice.”

119#. “You were the only one who was ever nice to me. “

120#. “I haven’t been happy one minute of my entire fucking life.”

121#. “They said I wasn’t funny enough. Can you imagine that? Now if you don’t mind, I have to go take care of my mother.”

122#. “My mother always tells me to smile and put on a happy face. She told me I had a purpose to bring laughter and joy to the world.”

123#. “I’m only laughing on the outside. My smile is just skin-deep. If you could see inside, I’m really crying. You might join me for a weep.”

124#. “I’ve got nothing left to lose, nothing can hurt me anymore, my life is nothing but a comedy.”

125#. “The real joke is your stubborn, bone-deep conviction that somehow, somewhere, all of this makes sense! That’s what cracks me up each time!”

126#. “I know it seems strange, I don’t mean to make you uncomfortable. I don’t know why everyone is so rude, I don’t know why you are. I don’t want anything from you. Maybe a little warmth, maybe a hug, Dad, maybe a bit of common decency!”

127#. “Don’t let anyone ever make you feel you don’t deserve what you want.”

128#. “Sometimes you have to play the role of a fool to fool the fool who thinks they are fooling you.”

Joker Funny Quotes

129#. “I just thought of a funny joke!”

130#. “do I look like a guy with a plan?”

131#. “April sweet is coming in, let the feast of fools begin!”

132#. “Why don’t we cut you up into little pieces and feed you to your pooches? And then we’ll see how loyal a hungry dog really is.”

133#. “Very neat! That ugly head of yours does have a brain!”

134#. “If the police expect to play against the Joker, they’d better be prepared to be dealt from the bottom of the deck!”

Joker Smile Quotes

135#. “Let’s put a smile on that face!”

136#. “No matter the situation, always wear a smile.”

137#. “Smile, because it confuses people. Smile, because it’s easier than explaining what is killing you inside.”

138#. “I’m not political. I’m just trying to make people laugh.”

139#. “Now comes the part where I relieve you, the little people, of the burden of your failed and useless lives. But, as my plastic surgeon always said: if you gotta go, go with a smile.” 

Joker Quotes About Life

140#.“Some people want to see you fail. Disappoint them!”

141#. “The strongest hearts have the most scars!”

142#. “There’s no one who points you in the right direction. You’ve got to figure that out by yourself.” 

143#. “If you are just safe about the choices you make, you don’t grow.”

144#. “Desire becomes surrender. Surrender becomes power. ”

145#. “I now do what other people only dream of.”

146#. “If you make decisions based upon people’s reactions or judgments then you make really boring choices.”

147#. “We stopped checking for monsters under our bed when we realized they were inside us.”

148#. “I know the voices in my head aren’t real, but sometimes their ideas are absolutely awesome.”

149#. “You can’t sell dreams to someone who has walked through nightmares.”

150#. “I’m not good at future planning. I do not plan at all. Don’t know what I’m doing tomorrow. Do not have a day planner and don’t have a dairy. I completely live in the now, not in the past, not in the future.”

151#. “You can’t kill me without becoming like me! I can’t kill you without losing the only human being who can keep up with me! Isn’t it ironic?” 

152#.  “The pen is truly mightier than the sword!”

153#.  “It’s like anything in life, visualizing the old man you’re going to become: as long as you have a clear picture of that – the life you want to lead – eventually you’ll probably get there.”

154#.  “Madness is the emergency exit. You can just step outside, and close the door on all those dreadful things that happened. You can lock them away forever.”

Final Thought

Joker has an appearance of a big white face, big red lips, a red nose, black eye sockets, big clothes, and big leather shoes with round heads. He always smiles, wants to make you laugh, and asks you whether you are happy, like asking himself…

Hope you enjoy these joker quotes.

Image source: https://twitter.com/stardustapp/status/1270429878177771522