Harvey Korman Quotes

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

• Feeling
• Failure
• New York

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

Harvey Korman

• Hamlet
• Classics
• Chekhov

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

Harvey Korman

• Show
• Marriages
• Divorces

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

• Traveling

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

• Kids
• Boomers

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

• Secret
• Characters
• Conflict

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

• Star
• Persona

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

Harvey Korman

• Abbott
• Costello
• Straight man

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

• Letters
• Acknowledgments

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

Harvey Korman

• Service
• Shakespearean actor

I went to the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago.

Harvey Korman

• Drama
• Chicago
• Goodman School