More - Shelley Berman Quotes

If I asked for a (stage) light, it was not an ask but a demand. If I demanded, I was having a fit,

Shelley Berman

 Ask

I was concerned about `who am I?' to the audience. So when they (the filmmakers) said, `We'll follow you,' I bit. I insisted on the right to approve the rough cut. So there I was, safe, everything fine,

Shelley Berman

 Audience

We were sitting watching television, had finished a nice dinner, everything was fine. Other people were in serious trouble. Then suddenly, we were moving,

Shelley Berman

 People

suddenly, we were moving.

Shelley Berman

 

If you've never met a student from the University of Chicago, I'll describe him to you. If you give him a glass of water, he says, "This is a glass of water. But is it a glass of water? And if it is a glass of water, why is it a glass of water?" And eventually he dies of thirst.

Shelley Berman

 

Few, very few, will ever be able to craft a joke as beautifully as Pat. He was able to just make it all happen. I don't think he was great at telling them, but he was sure great at putting them down.

Shelley Berman

 

It's great conversation. In the industry, it's great talk,

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 Conversation

one of the greatest humorists of the last half-century.

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When he was sitting with you, would he be witty? No,

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How do you tell how a man has been funny? How do you do the sound of his voice? The turn of his face? But I will tell you he was as funny as any man I've ever seen.

Shelley Berman