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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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Bob Newhart
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: September 5
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Comedian
Film Actor
Stand-Up Comedian
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Oak Park
Illinois
George Robert Newhart
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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.
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I've been a very lucky actor.
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I'm very open to the up-and-comers.
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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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I think that what comes through in Chicago humor is the affection. Even though youre poking fun at someone or something, theres still an affection for it.
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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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