Bob Newhart Quotes
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All comedians are, in a way, anarchists. Our job is to make fun of the existing world.
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I think one reason for a successful marriage is laughter. I think laughter gets you through the rough moments in a marriage.
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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.
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I wasn't the class clown. I wasn't that obvious. There would be a circle of guys, and they're watching the class clown. And I'm standing in the back, and I turn to the guy next to me and I say something funny to him, and he starts to laugh. And the guy next to him says, 'What did he say?'
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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.
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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.
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I would say I came from upper middle class family.
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Stand-up is different from television. In stand-up, you've got to be in control.
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Don't live in the past. There's no point. You can't change anything. What a waste of time.
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I didn't know I was cool, but I was very flattered that some of the younger comedy writers came up to talk to me at the Emmys. I found that gratifying.
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Comedians are never really on vacation because you're always at attention... that antenna is always out there.
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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.
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I'm very open to the up-and-comers.
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If 'The New York Times' says it, it must be true.
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Without great writing, you've got a bunch of actors bumping into each other.
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I was an accountant in Chicago, and a friend of mine, Ed Gallagher, was in advertising. At 4:30 every day I'd be bored, and I would call him. He'd interview me.
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I'm glad you can't talk on your cells while the plane is in the air. That would drive me crazy.
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There isn't a comedian in the world that hasn't bombed.
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I don't think of myself as an American Master. I've just been making a living.
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Richard Pryor introduced me to the world of the inner city, and the urban world, and did it hysterically. My favorite comedian, even though we work 180 degrees differently, but funny is funny is funny.
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Well I was much too practical to presume to have a career in comedy.
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When I first started out, 'Time' magazine did an article on what it called 'the sick comics,' and they were myself, Shelley Berman, Nichols & May, Jonathan Winters, Lenny Bruce, and Mort Sahl. We were considered 'sick.'
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The acting is better when you know your material is being judged.
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Chuck Lorre and I had been talking about doing one of his shows for a while. I said I'd like to do 'The Big Bang Theory,' because I think it's the best written, most intelligent show on television.