Top 19 Quotes & Sayings by Harvey Korman

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Harvey Korman.

Last updated on September 18, 2024.

Harvey Herschel Korman was an American actor and comedian, who performed in television and film productions. 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, for which he won four Emmy Awards, as well as his partnership with Tim Conway. Korman also appeared in several comedy films by Mel Brooks.

American - Actor | February 15, 1927 - May 29, 2008

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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.

Harvey Korman

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

Harvey Korman

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.

Harvey Korman

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.

Harvey Korman

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

Harvey Korman

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

Harvey Korman

I went to the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago.

Harvey Korman

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.

Harvey Korman

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.

Harvey Korman

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

Harvey Korman

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.

Harvey Korman

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.

Harvey Korman

I'm not a star.

Harvey Korman

I got canceled in the middle of making the pilot.

Harvey Korman

Funny is when you're serious.

Harvey Korman

Using Viagra is like putting a new flagpole on a condemned building.

Harvey Korman

Men, you are about to embark on a great crusade to stamp out runaway decency in the west. Now you men will only be risking your lives, whilst I will be risking an almost certain Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Harvey Korman

People who become comedians… come from pain, come from conflict.

Harvey Korman

Tape "Seinfeld" for me.

Harvey Korman

Top 19 Quotes & Sayings by Harvey Korman

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