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15 quotes by Harvey Korman

Harvey Korman Korman in 1969 Birth name Harvey Herschel Korman Born (1927-02-15)February 15, 1927 Chicago, Illinois, USA Died May 29, 2008(2008-05-29) (aged 81) UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles, California Resting place Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery in Santa Monica, California Medium Film, television Years active 1950–2007 Genres Sketch comedy Spouse Donna Ehlert (1960–1977; divorced; two children) Deborah Fritz Korman (1982–2008; his death;...
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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... →

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Funny is when you're serious.

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

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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

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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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I got canceled in the middle of making the pilot.

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I went to the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago.

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