Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
You never know when you'll come upon something and it's going to be fodder for new material.
Bob Newhart
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
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
Come
Going
Something
Never
Fodder
Material
Materials
Upon
More quotes by Bob Newhart
But I really believe that if you have the ability, there is an obligation to make people laugh
Bob Newhart
I've been told to speed up my delivery when I perform. But if I lose the stammer, I'm just another slightly amusing accountant.
Bob Newhart
Television series are like the stock market. There's room for bears and bulls but no room for pigs.
Bob Newhart
I've been married forty-five years. I think laughter is the secret.
Bob Newhart
I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least.
Bob Newhart
I think there's a part, just a part of comedians, that is still childlike.
Bob Newhart
I couldn't play off people that I don't personally like.
Bob Newhart
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.
Bob Newhart
I'm very open to the up-and-comers.
Bob Newhart
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.
Bob Newhart
There's a lot of cynicism. Let's really enjoy Christmas, with all that's going on in the world.
Bob Newhart
Well I was much too practical to presume to have a career in comedy.
Bob Newhart
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.
Bob Newhart
The giant superstars are people whose talent is so enormous that their death wish can't destroy it.
Bob Newhart
Continuing to do stand-up is always a challenge because the audiences and the environments in which you work very often differ.
Bob Newhart
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.
Bob Newhart
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.
Bob Newhart
One of the first things you ever learn as a stand-up is don't show fear.
Bob Newhart
I've been a very lucky actor.
Bob Newhart
I feel more comfortable in comedy.
Bob Newhart