Bob Newhart Quotes
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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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There are some actresses that can't do comedy; it's too heavy-handed.
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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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I'm very open to the up-and-comers.
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I've had time off, and it drove me nuts. I was crawling up the wall.
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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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I know Chuck Lorre personally, and am familiar with his work going back to 'Roseanne' and 'Cybil.'
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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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Without great writing, you've got a bunch of actors bumping into each other.
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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 worked in accounting for two and a half years, realized that wasn't what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, and decided I was just going to give comedy a try.
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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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I don't think of myself as an American Master. I've just been making a living.
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Funny is funny is funny.
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I made people laugh as a kid, but that's not how you make a living.
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I am one of the great wasters of time. I have made it an art form. I can get up at 8 o'clock in the morning, be out of the house by 8:30 and back by 5 P.M., and I'll be going all day long and accomplish absolutely nothing. It's an amazing talent.
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I really don't know what makes a comedian. I think it's a family background and environment. Yet if you put the same ingredients in another person, he may never utter a funny line.
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One time I happened to use the word 'denigrate' onstage, and it didn't get any reaction. So as I continued my act, the left side of my brain was fast-forwarding to see if I had any other big words coming up.
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The acting is better when you know your material is being judged.
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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 would say I came from upper middle class family.
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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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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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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'.