Shelley Berman Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Shelley Berman:

My whole act is confession.
~Shelley Berman


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shelley-berman-quotes/#2d54dc80

My first job was at a Chicago night club called Mr. Kelly's.
~Shelley Berman


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shelley-berman-quotes/#59602173

I am in the Master of Professional Writing program teaching Humor Writing, Literary and Dramatic.
~Shelley Berman


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shelley-berman-quotes/#4db125ec

The Steve Allen Sunday night show had the right to two options after my first performance.
~Shelley Berman


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shelley-berman-quotes/#db6ca691

Unquestionably, standup comedy is and has always been an art form.
~Shelley Berman


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shelley-berman-quotes/#92111f55

As much experience, education and awareness as one can attain is important for a comedian.
~Shelley Berman


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shelley-berman-quotes/#78ef7d4e

I was an actor before becoming a comedian.
~Shelley Berman


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shelley-berman-quotes/#94ed68d7

Though it sold very well, I hated The Edge.
~Shelley Berman


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shelley-berman-quotes/#b036edc4

So that this thing that aired in 1963 would result a few years later in personal bankruptcy, would result in having people be on edge with me, wondering when I'm going to blow up.
~Shelley Berman


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shelley-berman-quotes/#1c2243a0

As a culture I see us as presently deprived of subtleties. The music is loud, the anger is elevated, sex seems lacking in sweetness and privacy.
~Shelley Berman


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shelley-berman-quotes/#29be20f0

I am careful with my material and presentation.
~Shelley Berman


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shelley-berman-quotes/#5102d1c5

While you're improvising, you may come up with something which will break him up. As soon as that smile comes out, you know that, hey, we're having fun.
~Shelley Berman


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shelley-berman-quotes/#d7d7608c

The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to do so.
~Shelley Berman


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shelley-berman-quotes/#22cd3192

I am presently in my thirteenth year of teaching a graduate course at the University of Southern California.
~Shelley Berman


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shelley-berman-quotes/#0f75b366

Outside came in '60. The Edge in '61. All three made Gold, but the biggest seller was Inside.
~Shelley Berman


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shelley-berman-quotes/#848a4d21

The old problems - love, money, security, status, health, etc. - are still here to plague us or please us.
~Shelley Berman


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shelley-berman-quotes/#94daaec2

Incidentally, I'm still looking for acting work, my first love.
~Shelley Berman


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shelley-berman-quotes/#773ee591

I will always love to perform standup comedy.
~Shelley Berman


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shelley-berman-quotes/#82353fb7

I believe it is important for comedians to know who came before them.
~Shelley Berman


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shelley-berman-quotes/#c44bd824

Inside was the second LP album of a comedian's performance before an audience.
~Shelley Berman


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shelley-berman-quotes/#432cdeb8

I quit smoking well over twenty years ago.
~Shelley Berman


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shelley-berman-quotes/#168b5c80

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