Shelley Berman Quotes

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

I quit smoking well over twenty years ago.

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

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

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

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

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

We teach reading, writing and math by [having students do] them. But we teach democracy by lecture.

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

I am careful with my material and presentation.

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.

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

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

A hotel is a place that keeps the manufacturers of 25-watt bulbs in business.

I was an actor before becoming a comedian.

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

Though it sold very well, I hated The Edge.

My whole act is confession.

I will always love to perform standup comedy.

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