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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
Comedy
Funny

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I don't want to find the secret. I'm afraid all the joy will go out of it if I find the secret.
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I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least.
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I've been a very lucky actor.
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I never had an aversion because I was active in the drama club. If I had that aversion I certainly wouldn't put myself in the position of being on stage. Of course, in the drama club you're hiding behind a character.
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I kind of do it in my head, then I'll try pieces of it on stage and if it looks promising, I'll put it together.
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The only way to survive is to have a sense of humour.
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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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One of the first things you ever learn as a stand-up is don't show fear.
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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.
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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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Humor's a weapon if you want to make it one.
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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 think that what comes through in Chicago humor is the affection. Even though youre poking fun at someone or something, theres still an affection for it.
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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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I think there's a part, just a part of comedians, that is still childlike.
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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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All comedians are, in a way, anarchists. Our job is to make fun of the existing world.
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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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All I can say about life is, 'Oh God, enjoy it!'
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In today's world, you would call my father mostly unaccessible. I'm not sure that isn't true of most fathers at that time. He went through the Depression. I don't know what that would have done to my psyche.
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