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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
Actor
Comedian
Film Actor
Stand-Up Comedian
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Oak Park
Illinois
George Robert Newhart
George Robert Bob Newhart
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You shouldn't get too close to the truth, because then maybe you stop being funny.
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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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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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Sometimes you forget you're famous. You wonder, Why is that person staring at me?
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There's gratification in making somebody laugh. It's a wonderful sound. I find myself, to this day, doing it, wanting to make people laugh.
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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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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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I didn't need the elf outfit to play an elf I could just play an elf.
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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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