When you mean a show like this, you have to say to me a show exactly like this, the way it was done.
Meaning of the quote
This quote means that when you want to do a performance or show that is similar to a previous one, you need to make it exactly the same as the original. The actor is saying that if you want to recreate a show, it has to be done in the same way as the original version, without any changes.
About Werner Klemperer
Werner Klemperer was an American actor best known for playing Colonel Wilhelm Klink on the TV sitcom Hogan’s Heroes. He won two Primetime Emmy Awards for his role. Klemperer had a diverse acting career, appearing in films, Broadway, and various TV shows before and after his iconic Hogan’s Heroes role.
More quotes from Werner Klemperer
I think that’s so strange, because they do know that we’re all actors and we perform things that have not necessarily anything to do with us personally.
German-American actor and musician
I’m very surprised at that, yes, because there were many chances for it to be in Germany once the syndication market started and it continually just did not happen.
German-American actor and musician
But when they offered this little situation for me to do this voice in this special segment, I found it so incredibly humorous that I said yes, and I enjoyed it. It was fun.
German-American actor and musician
You know, I find it so difficult being a… as a matter of fact, little do people know that most of the leading members of the cast have a background that they would never expect them to have, and play the show they did.
German-American actor and musician
When you mean a show like this, you have to say to me a show exactly like this, the way it was done.
German-American actor and musician
The fact that I have such a problem that people… that that has to, you know, be on people’s mind, what my personal background is. To me, to be very frank with you, is a totally irrelevant thing.
German-American actor and musician