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I've been a very lucky actor.
Bob Newhart
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Bob Newhart
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: September 5
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Oak Park
Illinois
George Robert Newhart
George Robert Bob Newhart
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The only way to survive is to have a sense of humour.
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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've been married forty-five years. I think laughter is the secret.
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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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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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Funny is funny is funny.
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Humor's a weapon if you want to make it one.
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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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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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You shouldn't get too close to the truth, because then maybe you stop being funny.
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Sometimes you forget you're famous. You wonder, Why is that person staring at me?
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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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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'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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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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