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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
Comedian
Film Actor
Stand-Up Comedian
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Oak Park
Illinois
George Robert Newhart
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Sometimes you forget you're famous. You wonder, Why is that person staring at me?
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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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But I really believe that if you have the ability, there is an obligation to make people laugh
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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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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 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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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 couldn't play off people that I don't personally like.
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I feel more comfortable in comedy.
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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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Humor's a weapon if you want to make it one.
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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 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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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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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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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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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.
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I've been a very lucky actor.
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I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least.
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