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Bob Newhart
American
Comedian
About the author
I've been a very lucky actor.
Bob Newhart,
American
Comedian
#Actor
It was a decision to work clean. I just prefer to work that way. I have no problem with comedians who don't work that way. There was a temptation in the early '70s to reconsider. I decided against it.
Bob Newhart,
American
Comedian
#Work
#Temptation
#Decision
#Comedians
It's getting harder and harder to differentiate between schizophrenics and people talking on a cell phone. It still brings me up short to walk by somebody who appears to be talking to themselves.
Bob Newhart,
American
Comedian
#People
#Talking
Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long as it took to tell the story.
Bob Newhart,
American
Comedian
#Work
#Doubt
#Silence
Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.
Bob Newhart,
American
Comedian
#Laughter
The first time I got up in front of an audience was terror, abject terror, which continued for another four or five years. There still is, a little bit.
Bob Newhart,
American
Comedian
#Time
#Years
#First
#Terror
The only thing I have never done is a Broadway play. I'm not sure I have the discipline necessary to do a Broadway play. I know it holds a fascination for certain actors.
Bob Newhart,
American
Comedian
#Play
#Discipline
#Actors
When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity.
Bob Newhart,
American
Comedian
#Longevity
#Years
#Thought
#Satisfaction
I was never a Certified Public Accountant. I just had a degree in accounting. It would require passing a test, which I would not have been able to do.
Bob Newhart,
American
Comedian
#Public
This stammer got me a home in Beverly Hills, and I'm not about to screw with it now.
Bob Newhart,
American
Comedian
#Now
#Home
Funny is funny is funny.
Bob Newhart,
American
Comedian
#Funny
I'm very open to the up-and-comers.
Bob Newhart,
American
Comedian
#Open
Comedians are never really on vacation because you're always at attention... that antenna is always out there.
Bob Newhart,
American
Comedian
#Attention
#Vacation
#Comedians
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,
American
Comedian
#Kids
#Longevity
#Marriage
I don't have a stack of scripts.
Bob Newhart,
American
Comedian
I don't know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there's a little confusion between humor and gross passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable.
Bob Newhart,
American
Comedian
#Today
#Humor
#Confusion
#Cows
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,
American
Comedian
#People
#Country
#Music
#Country music
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. Don't rush into adulthood, it isn't all that much fun.
Bob Newhart,
American
Comedian
#Successful
#Fun
#Years
#Being
#Adulthood
I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it.
Bob Newhart,
American
Comedian
#Work
All I can say about life is, 'Oh God, enjoy it!'
Bob Newhart,
American
Comedian
#Life
#God