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Bob Newhart
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: September 5
Actor
Comedian
Film Actor
Stand-Up Comedian
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Oak Park
Illinois
George Robert Newhart
George Robert Bob Newhart
Funny
Comedy

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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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Sometimes you forget you're famous. You wonder, Why is that person staring at me?
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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'm very open to the up-and-comers.
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The only way to survive is to have a sense of humour.
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You never know when you'll come upon something and it's going to be fodder for new material.
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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 feel more comfortable in comedy.
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I love portraying the totally indifferent person.
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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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Don't ever have two dogs. That way you won't know which one to blame.
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I think there's a part, just a part of comedians, that is still childlike.
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I couldn't play off people that I don't personally like.
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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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Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.
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All I can say about life is, 'Oh God, enjoy it!'
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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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One of the first things you ever learn as a stand-up is don't show fear.
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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.
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Television series are like the stock market. There's room for bears and bulls but no room for pigs.
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