Harvey Korman Quotes

• I’m not a star.

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• You have to have a certain persona to be a star, you know, and I don’t have that. I’m a banana.

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• You asked what is the secret of a really good sketch. And it is a sketch is a small play. It’s got a beginning, and a middle and an end. It should have a plot; it should have the characters, conflict. It is a little play. And in it, will be funny stuff.

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• They say it’s good but I didn’t know what I was doing until I got into the suit and they put the moustache on me, and somehow, when I got all the drag on, it came out. It was the most amazing thing. I’m truly extraordinary.

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• Then I got out of the service, and I was going to be a Shakespearean actor.

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• I wish there was something that – I get all those wonderful letters and wonderful acknowledgments, and I wish I could be more appreciative of what I do. But it’s hard for me.

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• I went to the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago.

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• I played Hamlet, I played Chekhov and Ibsen and all the classics.

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• I mean, we had on our show, we had marriages, divorces and other stuff going on. And that was just me.

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• I got canceled in the middle of making the pilot.

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• Funny is when you’re serious.

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• But there’s a lot of 50’s and a lot of boomers and a lot of kids in their 30’s that grew up with us.

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• And it’s tough traveling. You know, the hotels and the airports and all that. That part, eating and getting around to the hotel room and then going on.

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• And I went to New York and died; for 10 years I walked those pavements. I can’t think of New York without feeling uncomfortable and feeling like a failure.

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• Although in Abbott and Costello, and straight man was first. That’s a very interesting concept.

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Harvey Korman (15)

Birth:	15th February, 1927
Death:	29th May, 2008
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Comedian

About

Harvey Herschel Korman was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an American actor and comedian. His big break was being a featured performer on CBS' The Danny Kaye Show, but he is best remembered for his performances on the sketch comedy series The Carol Burnett Show. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. After being discharged, he studied at the Goodman School of Drama. His role in several films include: Lord Love a Duck, The April Fools, Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety, Americathon, Herbie Goes Bananas, Eunice, Curse of the Pink Panther, The Longshot, and The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas.

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