Harvey Korman
Harvey Korman
Harvey Herschel Kormanwas an American comedic actor who performed in television and movie productions and was also a voice artist. His big break was being a featured performer on CBS' The Danny Kaye Show, but he is best remembered for his performances on the sketch comedy series The Carol Burnett Show and in several films by Mel Brooks, playing Hedley Lamarr in Blazing Saddles...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth15 February 1927
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
And I'll tell you somebody else who was a straight man and considers himself a straight man and describes himself as one, Cary Grant.
Using Viagra is like putting a new flagpole on a condemned building.
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.
I played Hamlet, I played Chekhov and Ibsen and all the classics.
They say it's good but I didn't know what I was doing until I got into the suit and they put the moustache on me, and somehow, when I got all the drag on, it came out. It was the most amazing thing. I'm truly extraordinary.
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.
I mean, we had on our show, we had marriages, divorces and other stuff going on. And that was just me.
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.
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.