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You shouldn't get too close to the truth, because then maybe you stop being funny. — Bob Newhart

I'm not what you'd call a Method actor. — Bob Newhart

Growing up, I loved Bill Cosby and Bob Newhart. They are a big reason I'm a storyteller because they are two of the best. — Henry Cho

The schizophrenic has no sense of humor. His world is a constantly daunting, unfriendly place. — Bob Newhart

I think there's a part, just a part of comedians, that is still childlike. — Bob Newhart

There is an edginess in my work that people don't always recognize. — Bob Newhart

There's a lot of cynicism. Let's really enjoy Christmas, with all that's going on in the world. — Bob Newhart

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

A collison is what happens when two motorists go after the same pedestrian. — Bob Newhart

There are some actresses that can't do comedy; it's too heavy-handed. — Bob Newhart

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

Dick Martin, if you put a gun to his forehead, he couldn't tell you a joke. — Bob Newhart

For a comedian, there is nothing better than watching another great comedian. — Bob Newhart

People are meant to be certain places, and I think I'm meant to be on a sound stage doing situation comedy. — Bob Newhart

The acting is better when you know your material is being judged. — Bob Newhart

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

If 'The New York Times' says it, it must be true. — Bob Newhart

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

The giant superstars are people whose talent is so enormous that their death wish can't destroy it. — Bob Newhart

Cell phones have gotten so small, you can't tell who's a cell phone user and who's a schizophrenic. — Bob Newhart

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

All I can say about life is "Oh God, enjoy it. — Bob Newhart

The greatest comedian I've ever seen is Jack Benny. He wasn't afraid of the silences. — Bob Newhart

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

Mark Twain gave us an insight into the life on the Mississippi at the turn of the century. — Bob Newhart

I didn't need the elf outfit to play an elf; I could just play an elf. — Bob Newhart

There isn't a comedian in the world that hasn't bombed. — Bob Newhart

I don't have a stack of scripts that, when I get home, studios are clamoring, saying, 'Has Bob read ours yet?' — Bob Newhart

This stammer got me a home in Beverly Hills, and I'm not about to screw with it now. — Bob Newhart

I made a record album in 1960 and it exploded, and I got all these offers for TV. — Bob Newhart

A lot of money is spent trying to keep people alive who don't necessarily want to be alive. — Bob Newhart

I'm closer to Bob Newhart than Rodney Dangerfield. — Jim Gaffigan

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

I think one reason for a successful marriage is laughter. I think laughter gets you through the rough moments in a marriage. — Bob Newhart

I know Chuck Lorre personally, and am familiar with his work going back to 'Roseanne' and 'Cybil.' — Bob Newhart

The first time I heard Richard Pryor, I knew he would be a major force in the world of comedy. — Bob Newhart

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

Comedians are never really on vacation because you're always at attention ... that antenna is always out there. — Bob Newhart

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

I love portraying the totally indifferent person. — Bob Newhart

You never know when you'll come upon something and it's going to be fodder for new material. — Bob Newhart

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

I just don't think most people put myself and Robert Frost in the same category. — Bob Newhart

Stand-up is different from television. In stand-up, you've got to be in control. — Bob Newhart

You should have a value system. You can win if you stick with your value system. — Bob Newhart

Humor is so important to the American scene throughout history. — Bob Newhart

'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' was the best television, the best cast, the best-written television show ever. — Bob Newhart

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

One of the first things you ever learn as a stand-up is don't show fear. — Bob Newhart

But I really believe that if you have the ability, there is an obligation to make people laugh — Bob Newhart

I come from a time when people like Bob Newhart and Bill Cosby told stories that were devastatingly funny without being off-color. — Bill Engvall

I don't think of myself as an American Master. I've just been making a living. — Bob Newhart

I'm not a classically trained actor. I'm not a product of Stavlovski method or anything like that. — Bob Newhart

The reason I do what I do is because I was influenced by Steve Martin, by Woody Allen, by Bob Newhart, by Carol Burnett, by Lucille Ball. — Ellen DeGeneres

The only way to survive is to have a sense of humour. — Bob Newhart

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

I still feel thirty, except when I try to run. — Bob Newhart

I've been a very lucky actor. — Bob Newhart

As an actor, you generally want to see the other actor's face. — Bob Newhart

Sometimes you forget you're famous. You wonder, 'Why is that person staring at me?' — Bob Newhart

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

Without great writing, you've got a bunch of actors bumping into each other. — Bob Newhart

You're not dead at 85. You're a long way from it. Go out and enjoy. You've earned it. — Bob Newhart

Don't ever have two dogs. That way you won't know which one to blame. — Bob Newhart

I feel more comfortable in comedy. — Bob Newhart

It's kind of hard coming from 'Saturday Night Live,' which is a sketch-driven show, to a movie. — Bob Newhart

Funny is funny is funny. — Bob Newhart

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

I think there are still words you can't use in family entertainment that you can use in a sitcom today. — Bob Newhart

I can't remember the last live-action, non-animated Christmas movie. — Bob Newhart

Humor's a weapon if you want to make it one. — Bob Newhart

I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it. — Bob Newhart

I would say I came from upper middle class family. — Bob Newhart

I was very political when JFK ran. — Bob Newhart

I'm glad you can't talk on your cells while the plane is in the air. That would drive me crazy. — Bob Newhart

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

I made people laugh as a kid, but that's not how you make a living. — Bob Newhart

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

Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on. — Bob Newhart

I don't have a stack of scripts. — Bob Newhart

What you see on stage is pretty much the way I am ... a dry sense of humor. — Bob Newhart

I wasn't much good. When I went into the line on a fake - I would holler 'I don't have it!' — Bob Newhart

No matter what hyenas sound like, they are not actually laughing. — Bob Newhart

Don't live in the past. There's no point. You can't change anything. What a waste of time. — Bob Newhart

I don't know how to do a show not in front of a live audience. — Bob Newhart

I think everyone probably starts out sounding like someone else, but gradually you develop your own sound. — Bob Newhart

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

I've had time off, and it drove me nuts. I was crawling up the wall. — Bob Newhart

All comedians are, in a way, anarchists. Our job is to make fun of the existing world. — Bob Newhart

I'd like to make a motion that we face reality. - BOB NEWHART, FROM THE BOB NEWHART SHOW — Melody Beattie

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

Well I was much too practical to presume to have a career in comedy. — Bob Newhart

I have to warn you, I'm not just some sitcom guy. I'm now an author. — Bob Newhart

I still feel 30, except when I try to run. — Bob Newhart

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

Don't be silly and don't waste your time. — Bob Newhart

Continuing to do stand-up is always a challenge because the audiences and the environments in which you work very often differ. — Bob Newhart

I have an aversion to laugh tracks - the moment I hear a laugh track, I go to another channel. — Bob Newhart

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. — Bob Newhart

I'm very open to the up-and-comers. — Bob Newhart