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Bob Newhart quotes: You shouldn't get too close to the truth, because then maybe you stop being funny. You shouldn't get too close to the truth, because then maybe you stop being funny.
Bob Newhart quotes: I'm not what you'd call a Method actor. I'm not what you'd call a Method actor.
Bob Newhart quotes: The schizophrenic has no sense of humor. His world is a constantly daunting, unfriendly place. The schizophrenic has no sense of humor. His world is a constantly daunting, unfriendly place.
Bob Newhart quotes: I think there's a part, just a part of comedians, that is still childlike. I think there's a part, just a part of comedians, that is still childlike.
Bob Newhart quotes: There is an edginess in my work that people don't always recognize. There is an edginess in my work that people don't always recognize.
Bob Newhart quotes: There's a lot of cynicism. Let's really enjoy Christmas, with all that's going on in the world. There's a lot of cynicism. Let's really enjoy Christmas, with all that's going on in the world.
Bob Newhart quotes: I don't think too much about age. Maybe if you're hurting, aching and arthritic, then you think about it a lot. But I don't. I don't think too much about age. Maybe if you're hurting, aching and arthritic, then you think about it a lot. But I don't.
Bob Newhart quotes: A collison is what happens when two motorists go after the same pedestrian. A collison is what happens when two motorists go after the same pedestrian.
Bob Newhart quotes: There are some actresses that can't do comedy; it's too heavy-handed. There are some actresses that can't do comedy; it's too heavy-handed.
Bob Newhart quotes: I can't do a one-camera show. I don't know how to do that kind of show where you count in your head and then you do the next line. I can't do a one-camera show. I don't know how to do that kind of show where you count in your head and then you do the next line.
Bob Newhart quotes: Dick Martin, if you put a gun to his forehead, he couldn't tell you a joke. Dick Martin, if you put a gun to his forehead, he couldn't tell you a joke.
Bob Newhart quotes: For a comedian, there is nothing better than watching another great comedian. For a comedian, there is nothing better than watching another great comedian.
Bob Newhart quotes: People are meant to be certain places, and I think I'm meant to be on a sound stage doing situation comedy. People are meant to be certain places, and I think I'm meant to be on a sound stage doing situation comedy.
Bob Newhart quotes: The acting is better when you know your material is being judged. The acting is better when you know your material is being judged.
Bob Newhart quotes: For some reason, comedians are still children. The social skills somehow never reach us, so we say exactly what we think without weighing the results. For some reason, comedians are still children. The social skills somehow never reach us, so we say exactly what we think without weighing the results.
Bob Newhart quotes: If 'The New York Times' says it, it must be true. If 'The New York Times' says it, it must be true.
Bob Newhart quotes: I don't want to find the secret. I'm afraid all the joy will go out of it if I find the secret. I don't want to find the secret. I'm afraid all the joy will go out of it if I find the secret.
Bob Newhart quotes: The giant superstars are people whose talent is so enormous that their death wish can't destroy it. The giant superstars are people whose talent is so enormous that their death wish can't destroy it.
Bob Newhart quotes: Cell phones have gotten so small, you can't tell who's a cell phone user and who's a schizophrenic. Cell phones have gotten so small, you can't tell who's a cell phone user and who's a schizophrenic.
Bob Newhart quotes: All I can say about life is "Oh God, enjoy it. All I can say about life is "Oh God, enjoy it.
Bob Newhart quotes: I'm most proud of the longevity of my marriage, my kids, and my grandchildren. If you don't have that, you really don't have very much. I'm most proud of the longevity of my marriage, my kids, and my grandchildren. If you don't have that, you really don't have very much.
Bob Newhart quotes: The greatest comedian I've ever seen is Jack Benny. He wasn't afraid of the silences. The greatest comedian I've ever seen is Jack Benny. He wasn't afraid of the silences.
Bob Newhart quotes: I don't want to sound like the old guy, but cynicism is a potential danger. It colors our way of looking at the world. I don't want to sound like the old guy, but cynicism is a potential danger. It colors our way of looking at the world.
Bob Newhart quotes: Mark Twain gave us an insight into the life on the Mississippi at the turn of the century. Mark Twain gave us an insight into the life on the Mississippi at the turn of the century.
Bob Newhart quotes: I didn't need the elf outfit to play an elf; I could just play an elf. I didn't need the elf outfit to play an elf; I could just play an elf.
Bob Newhart quotes: There isn't a comedian in the world that hasn't bombed. There isn't a comedian in the world that hasn't bombed.
Bob Newhart quotes: I don't have a stack of scripts that, when I get home, studios are clamoring, saying, 'Has Bob read ours yet?' I don't have a stack of scripts that, when I get home, studios are clamoring, saying, 'Has Bob read ours yet?'
Bob Newhart quotes: This stammer got me a home in Beverly Hills, and I'm not about to screw with it now. This stammer got me a home in Beverly Hills, and I'm not about to screw with it now.
Bob Newhart quotes: I made a record album in 1960 and it exploded, and I got all these offers for TV. I made a record album in 1960 and it exploded, and I got all these offers for TV.
Bob Newhart quotes: Comedians are never really on vacation because you're always at attention ... that antenna is always out there. Comedians are never really on vacation because you're always at attention ... that antenna is always out there.
Bob Newhart quotes: I think one reason for a successful marriage is laughter. I think laughter gets you through the rough moments in a marriage. I think one reason for a successful marriage is laughter. I think laughter gets you through the rough moments in a marriage.
Bob Newhart quotes: 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' was the best television, the best cast, the best-written television show ever. 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' was the best television, the best cast, the best-written television show ever.
Bob Newhart quotes: One of the first things you ever learn as a stand-up is don't show fear. One of the first things you ever learn as a stand-up is don't show fear.
Bob Newhart quotes: Humor is so important to the American scene throughout history. Humor is so important to the American scene throughout history.
Bob Newhart quotes: Women are more emotional. They do get flustered. Which is not to say that men are better than they. It's simply the way it is. Women are more emotional. They do get flustered. Which is not to say that men are better than they. It's simply the way it is.
Bob Newhart quotes: I know Chuck Lorre personally, and am familiar with his work going back to 'Roseanne' and 'Cybil.' I know Chuck Lorre personally, and am familiar with his work going back to 'Roseanne' and 'Cybil.'
Bob Newhart quotes: The first time I heard Richard Pryor, I knew he would be a major force in the world of comedy. The first time I heard Richard Pryor, I knew he would be a major force in the world of comedy.
Bob Newhart quotes: I kind of do it in my head, then I'll try pieces of it on stage and if it looks promising, I'll put it together. I kind of do it in my head, then I'll try pieces of it on stage and if it looks promising, I'll put it together.
Bob Newhart quotes: A lot of money is spent trying to keep people alive who don't necessarily want to be alive. A lot of money is spent trying to keep people alive who don't necessarily want to be alive.
Bob Newhart quotes: I love portraying the totally indifferent person. I love portraying the totally indifferent person.
Bob Newhart quotes: I just don't think most people put myself and Robert Frost in the same category. I just don't think most people put myself and Robert Frost in the same category.
Bob Newhart quotes: Stand-up is different from television. In stand-up, you've got to be in control. Stand-up is different from television. In stand-up, you've got to be in control.
Bob Newhart quotes: I have no intention of retiring; I can't imagine not doing stand-up. That's where I started and where I'll be. I have no intention of retiring; I can't imagine not doing stand-up. That's where I started and where I'll be.
Bob Newhart quotes: What you see on stage is pretty much the way I am ... a dry sense of humor. What you see on stage is pretty much the way I am ... a dry sense of humor.
Bob Newhart quotes: I've been married forty-five years. I think laughter is the secret. I've been married forty-five years. I think laughter is the secret.
Bob Newhart quotes: I don't watch that much television. I don't watch that much television.
Bob Newhart quotes: I couldn't play off people that I don't personally like. I couldn't play off people that I don't personally like.
Bob Newhart quotes: You may have done 20 great shows in a row and come to one, and it doesn't work. You never presume anything. You may have done 20 great shows in a row and come to one, and it doesn't work. You never presume anything.
Bob Newhart quotes: You never know when you'll come upon something and it's going to be fodder for new material. You never know when you'll come upon something and it's going to be fodder for new material.
Bob Newhart quotes: I've done more than I thought I was ever going to do. I've had a very long and very satisfying career. I've done more than I thought I was ever going to do. I've had a very long and very satisfying career.
Bob Newhart quotes: I think there's a little confusion between humor and 'gross' passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable, because they aren't the same thing. I think there's a little confusion between humor and 'gross' passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable, because they aren't the same thing.
Bob Newhart quotes: I don't think of myself as an American Master. I've just been making a living. I don't think of myself as an American Master. I've just been making a living.
Bob Newhart quotes: But I really believe that if you have the ability, there is an obligation to make people laugh But I really believe that if you have the ability, there is an obligation to make people laugh
Bob Newhart quotes: I'm not a classically trained actor. I'm not a product of Stavlovski method or anything like that. I'm not a classically trained actor. I'm not a product of Stavlovski method or anything like that.
Bob Newhart quotes: The only way to survive is to have a sense of humour. The only way to survive is to have a sense of humour.
Bob Newhart quotes: There's gratification in making somebody laugh. It's a wonderful sound. I find myself, to this day, doing it, wanting to make people laugh. There's gratification in making somebody laugh. It's a wonderful sound. I find myself, to this day, doing it, wanting to make people laugh.
Bob Newhart quotes: I still feel thirty, except when I try to run. I still feel thirty, except when I try to run.
Bob Newhart quotes: I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least. I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least.
Bob Newhart quotes: As an actor, you generally want to see the other actor's face. As an actor, you generally want to see the other actor's face.
Bob Newhart quotes: I've been a very lucky actor. I've been a very lucky actor.
Bob Newhart quotes: Humor's a weapon if you want to make it one. Humor's a weapon if you want to make it one.
Bob Newhart quotes: I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it. I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it.
Bob Newhart quotes: You're not dead at 85. You're a long way from it. Go out and enjoy. You've earned it. You're not dead at 85. You're a long way from it. Go out and enjoy. You've earned it.
Bob Newhart quotes: Don't ever have two dogs. That way you won't know which one to blame. Don't ever have two dogs. That way you won't know which one to blame.
Bob Newhart quotes: I feel more comfortable in comedy. I feel more comfortable in comedy.
Bob Newhart quotes: It's kind of hard coming from 'Saturday Night Live,' which is a sketch-driven show, to a movie. It's kind of hard coming from 'Saturday Night Live,' which is a sketch-driven show, to a movie.
Bob Newhart quotes: Funny is funny is funny. Funny is funny is funny.
Bob Newhart quotes: When I was off TV, people would ask me to please come back, which I think was their way of saying, 'There's nothing out there for us.' When I was off TV, people would ask me to please come back, which I think was their way of saying, 'There's nothing out there for us.'
Bob Newhart quotes: I think there are still words you can't use in family entertainment that you can use in a sitcom today. I think there are still words you can't use in family entertainment that you can use in a sitcom today.
Bob Newhart quotes: I can't remember the last live-action, non-animated Christmas movie. I can't remember the last live-action, non-animated Christmas movie.
Bob Newhart quotes: I'm very open to the up-and-comers. I'm very open to the up-and-comers.
Bob Newhart quotes: Without great writing, you've got a bunch of actors bumping into each other. Without great writing, you've got a bunch of actors bumping into each other.
Bob Newhart quotes: I would say I came from upper middle class family. I would say I came from upper middle class family.
Bob Newhart quotes: I was very political when JFK ran. I was very political when JFK ran.
Bob Newhart quotes: I'm glad you can't talk on your cells while the plane is in the air. That would drive me crazy. I'm glad you can't talk on your cells while the plane is in the air. That would drive me crazy.
Bob Newhart quotes: You do a clean show and it's over and the audience have enjoyed themselves and you've enjoyed yourself, and you haven't had to resort to shock. You do a clean show and it's over and the audience have enjoyed themselves and you've enjoyed yourself, and you haven't had to resort to shock.
Bob Newhart quotes: I made people laugh as a kid, but that's not how you make a living. I made people laugh as a kid, but that's not how you make a living.
Bob Newhart quotes: People have told me, 'My dad passed on, but I have great memories of watching your shows with him.' It doesn't get any better than that. People have told me, 'My dad passed on, but I have great memories of watching your shows with him.' It doesn't get any better than that.
Bob Newhart quotes: Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on. Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.
Bob Newhart quotes: I don't have a stack of scripts. I don't have a stack of scripts.
Bob Newhart quotes: I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'. I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'.
Bob Newhart quotes: Well I was much too practical to presume to have a career in comedy. Well I was much too practical to presume to have a career in comedy.
Bob Newhart quotes: No matter what hyenas sound like, they are not actually laughing. No matter what hyenas sound like, they are not actually laughing.
Bob Newhart quotes: Don't live in the past. There's no point. You can't change anything. What a waste of time. Don't live in the past. There's no point. You can't change anything. What a waste of time.
Bob Newhart quotes: I don't know how to do a show not in front of a live audience. I don't know how to do a show not in front of a live audience.
Bob Newhart quotes: I think everyone probably starts out sounding like someone else, but gradually you develop your own sound. I think everyone probably starts out sounding like someone else, but gradually you develop your own sound.
Bob Newhart quotes: I think you should be a child for as long as you can. I have been successful for 74 years being able to do that. I think you should be a child for as long as you can. I have been successful for 74 years being able to do that.
Bob Newhart quotes: I've had time off, and it drove me nuts. I was crawling up the wall. I've had time off, and it drove me nuts. I was crawling up the wall.
Bob Newhart quotes: All comedians are, in a way, anarchists. Our job is to make fun of the existing world. All comedians are, in a way, anarchists. Our job is to make fun of the existing world.
Bob Newhart quotes: Sometimes you forget you're famous. You wonder, 'Why is that person staring at me?' Sometimes you forget you're famous. You wonder, 'Why is that person staring at me?'
Bob Newhart quotes: You should have a value system. You can win if you stick with your value system. You should have a value system. You can win if you stick with your value system.
Bob Newhart quotes: I wasn't much good. When I went into the line on a fake - I would holler 'I don't have it!' I wasn't much good. When I went into the line on a fake - I would holler 'I don't have it!'
Bob Newhart quotes: I have to warn you, I'm not just some sitcom guy. I'm now an author. I have to warn you, I'm not just some sitcom guy. I'm now an author.
Bob Newhart quotes: I still feel 30, except when I try to run. I still feel 30, except when I try to run.
Bob Newhart quotes: There was a sea of change in comedy in the late 1950s and '60s. We were dealing with vignettes as opposed to jokes. We were more socially aware. There was a sea of change in comedy in the late 1950s and '60s. We were dealing with vignettes as opposed to jokes. We were more socially aware.
Bob Newhart quotes: Don't be silly and don't waste your time. Don't be silly and don't waste your time.
Bob Newhart quotes: Continuing to do stand-up is always a challenge because the audiences and the environments in which you work very often differ. Continuing to do stand-up is always a challenge because the audiences and the environments in which you work very often differ.
Bob Newhart quotes: I have an aversion to laugh tracks - the moment I hear a laugh track, I go to another channel. I have an aversion to laugh tracks - the moment I hear a laugh track, I go to another channel.
Bob Newhart quotes: I've been told to speed up my delivery when I perform. But if I lose the stammer, I'm just another slightly amusing accountant. I've been told to speed up my delivery when I perform. But if I lose the stammer, I'm just another slightly amusing accountant.

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