A biography for Ken Berryhasn’t been written yet.
“One time I attended a big Hollywood party, and everybody was there Groucho Marx, Jack Benny, George Burns, Barbra Streisand. I walked around with my mouth hanging open, just thrilled that I had been invited!”
“It was just a series of accidents that I became an actor. My first job was when a friend called and said he was putting together a song and dance group for the 'Gale Storm Show.' The role also involved a few lines. Then a man's wife, who had seen me in that, recommended me for a job she was doing.”
“I had found my niche working in a trade I love with reasonable hours.”
“It's harder and harder to find a spot within a day's drive of Los Angeles with enough vacant grass or even sand or dirt to stake a tent on.”
“I guess you could say I'm a home boy at heart.”
“I know my limitations.”
“I hooked up with Warner Bros, and I was dying to play Ensign Pulver in the 'Mr. Roberts' series, and I didn't get the part. Instead they cast the with Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch in 'F Troop.'”
“You know, I started my theater career in Los Angeles as a song-and-dance man.”
“There's no way I can tell if a rock group is good or not!”
“It really doesn't matter if I work a lot, because most of everything I earn goes to pay alimony.”
“Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor - those were my idols. All I ever wanted to be was a motion picture song-and-dance man. I kind of fell into other things. Did walk-ons and bits for years and worked in little theater at night.”
“There's not much to tell about me, and in five minutes I'll probably be repeating myself.”
“I've never seen a production of 'No, No Nanette' but it is sure a fun show to do.”
“I hate live audiences!”
“The thing about hoofing is that It's much more intricate than people realize. Occasionally you see some good hoofing on TV. Bob Hope is very good at the old slide steps. George Burns does a good, old-fashioned sand dance from Vaudeville!”
“Everybody likes to see a good soft-shoe dance and a song to go with It, but how often do you see It? It's a lost art, just plain hoofing, and I've never heard of anybody who didnt enjoy doing it or watching it.”
“I saw a song and dance act at the carnival and decided that's what I wanted to do. I worked on my mother first, she convinced my dad, and I started taking dance lessons at the Maureen Bennett Studio.”
“Some people think a series like 'Mayberry' is a snap, but nothing in this world is a snap, unless you want it to be.”
“It was scary. I went into that with great apprehension. All you hope is that you don't hurt it. I had nothing to do with the success of 'The Andy Griffith Show.' I just hoped I wouldn't do anything wrong.”
“What I'd like is to act on film. I'd really like to act.”