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Bob Newhart Inspirational Quotes (49)

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One of the first things that you learn as a stand-up is, you're the boss. It's your stage, and don't screw with me because I'll make you look bad, which I had to do, because you wind up with drunks and loud people.
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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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I think there's a part, just a part of comedians, that is still childlike.
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But I really believe that if you have the ability, there is an obligation to make people laugh
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I've been a very lucky actor.
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I didn't need the elf outfit to play an elf I could just play an elf.
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Well I was much too practical to presume to have a career in comedy.
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One of the first things you ever learn as a stand-up is don't show fear.
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I've been married forty-five years. I think laughter is the secret.
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I've done more than I thought I was ever going to do. I've had a very long and very satisfying career.
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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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Funny is funny is funny.
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The giant superstars are people whose talent is so enormous that their death wish can't destroy it.
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Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.
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I couldn't play off people that I don't personally like.
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Marriage and fatherhood heighten the disillusion that we all think we are born handy. We confidently believe that we can fix things around the house, as if it's part of the collective brain that was further enhanced by eighth-grade shop class.
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The best advice I could give someone trying to get into the comedy field is to take advantage of every opportunity you have to work to hone your skills.
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Sometimes you forget you're famous. You wonder, Why is that person staring at me?
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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.
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Well, my career choice made a difference because I never would have met my wife, Jenny. I met her through comedian Buddy Hackett. He set us up on a blind date and then we got married.
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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 love portraying the totally indifferent person.
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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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The reason I'm a psychologist is based in part on my telephone routines. Much of my humor comes out of reaction to what other people are saying. A psychologist is a man who listens, who is sympathetic.
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