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Shelley Berman

"My whole act is confession."

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"There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself."

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"I actually find it harder to act in the scenes where there's not much happening, say having a milkshake in the diner. That is far harder to do than straight scenes where there's a drama going on and you have something to do."

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"It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over."

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"We're building on an international network with many others for the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. There are so many things we can do to carry forward policies."

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"It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the beginning."

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"Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk."

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"Since I also act, sometimes I get over my resentment and commit to the pitch as an acting job."

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"Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good."

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"I think all those actors from that generation, like Bogart - they were wonderful actors. They didn't act. They just came on and they did it, and the characters were wonderful."

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"One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses."

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Shelley Berman
"My whole act is confession."

Act

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

Art

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Shelley Berman
"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."

Fun

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

Love

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

Education

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Shelley Berman
"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."

Anger

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

Health

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

Performance

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

Comedians

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Shelley Berman
"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."

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