Sid Caesar
Sid Caesar
Isaac Sidney "Sid" Caesarwas an American comic actor and writer, best known for the pioneering 1950s live television series Your Show of Shows, a 90-minute weekly show watched by 60 million people and its successor, Caesar's Hour, both of which influenced later generations of comedians. He also acted in movies; he played Coach Calhoun in Greaseand its sequel Grease 2and appeared in the films It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Silent Movie, History of the World, Part I, and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth8 September 1922
CityYonkers, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I didn't allow cue cards because, to my mind, when you're acting with someone you listen when they speak,
The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was a genius.
If you can't stand yourself, neither can anybody else!
The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one.
Everybody wants to have a goal - I gotta get to that goal, I gotta get to that goal, I gotta get to that goal. I can finally get to that goal. Then you get to that goal, and then you gotta get to another goal. But in between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed - and if you don't, you're a fool.
The things I see now on TV and in movies are so outlandish. Kids doing rude things with pies! And the language that they use! It's being outrageous for the sake of being outrageous. I can't watch it. It turns me off.
A great NOW will be a great WAS! A bad NOW will always be a bad WAS, and all you can hope for is a Great GONNA BE!
Every language has its own music.
When I did comedy I made fun of myself. If there was a buffoon, I played the buffoon.
When I did comedy I made fun of myself.If there was a buffoon, I played the buffoon. And people looked at me and said, 'Gee, that's like Uncle David', or 'That's like a friend of mine'. And they related through that. I didn't make fun of them. I made fun of me.