Bernard Sahlins

(1922–2013) Theatre Director United States

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Bernard Sahlins was a theatre director from the United States, best known for Days and nights at the Second City.

Quick Facts About Bernard Sahlins

Born: August 20, 1922
Died: June 16, 2013
Nationality: United States
Profession: Theatre Director
Notable works: Days and nights at the Second City

About Bernard Sahlins

Bernard Sahlins was an American writer, director and comedian best known as a founder of The Second City improvisational comedy troupe with Paul Sills and Howard Alk in 1959. Sahlins also opened the Second City Theatre in Toronto in 1973.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Bernard Sahlins

Improvisation is not a presentational form, except in small doses, or as a game. It's a tool.

Bernard Sahlins

Doses

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If you're talking down to the audience, no matter how brutish it is, they know it and they hate you for it.

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Audience

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I'm a bug on acting, which distinguishes Second City from a lot of other revues. It comes from the character, the behavior,…

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Acting

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My theory is that everything an actor does, from the way he looks at his watch to the way he moves across…

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Across

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I think improvisation is a technique and a tool. I think that even the best of them fail most of the time,…

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Audience

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Actually being funny is mostly telling the truth about things.

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About

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