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Bob Newhart
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: September 5
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Film Actor
Stand-Up Comedian
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Illinois
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I've been a very lucky actor.
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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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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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One of the first things you ever learn as a stand-up is don't show fear.
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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.
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I couldn't play off people that I don't personally like.
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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 kind of do it in my head, then I'll try pieces of it on stage and if it looks promising, I'll put it together.
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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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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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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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