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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.
Bob Newhart
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Bob Newhart
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: September 5
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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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You shouldn't get too close to the truth, because then maybe you stop being funny.
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I really don't know what makes a comedian. I think it's a family background and environment. Yet if you put the same ingredients in another person, he may never utter a funny line.
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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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Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.
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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.
Bob Newhart
You should have a value system. You can win if you stick with your value system.
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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 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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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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I didn't need the elf outfit to play an elf I could just play an elf.
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I love portraying the totally indifferent person.
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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'm very open to the up-and-comers.
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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 was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it.
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I feel more comfortable in comedy.
Bob Newhart
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.
Bob Newhart
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.
Bob Newhart
