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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 love portraying the totally indifferent person.
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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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Because of the spin-meisters and the focus groups and the way politics is run now. It's run by polls and focus groups. So it's even more true today, I think, than it was some 40 years ago.
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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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I didn't need the elf outfit to play an elf I could just play an elf.
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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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The only way to survive is to have a sense of humour.
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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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Television series are like the stock market. There's room for bears and bulls but no room for pigs.
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All I can say about life is, 'Oh God, enjoy it!'
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Sometimes you forget you're famous. You wonder, Why is that person staring at me?
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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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There's a lot of cynicism. Let's really enjoy Christmas, with all that's going on in the 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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Continuing to do stand-up is always a challenge because the audiences and the environments in which you work very often differ.
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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've been a very lucky actor.
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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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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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One of the first things you ever learn as a stand-up is don't show fear.
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