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You never know when you'll come upon something and it's going to be fodder for new material.

Bob Newhart

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Bob Newhart
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: September 5
Actor
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Film Actor
Stand-Up Comedian
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Oak Park
Illinois
George Robert Newhart
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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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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 done more than I thought I was ever going to do. I've had a very long and very satisfying career.
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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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Sometimes you forget you're famous. You wonder, Why is that person staring at me?
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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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I've been married forty-five years. I think laughter is the secret.
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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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One of the first things you ever learn as a stand-up is don't show fear.
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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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Well I was much too practical to presume to have a career in comedy.
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Don't ever have two dogs. That way you won't know which one to blame.
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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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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.
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I've been a very lucky actor.
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Funny is funny is funny.
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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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