Bob Newhart Quotes - Page 3

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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.

  Bob Newhart

  Opportunity, Skills, Giving

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• Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long as it took to tell the story.

  Bob Newhart

  Long, Silence, Doubt

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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.

  Bob Newhart

  Careers, Long, Done

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• I love portraying the totally indifferent person.

  Bob Newhart

  Indifferent, Portraying, Persons

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• There are a lot of questions I keep asking myself about why I do comedy. I guess I laugh to keep from crying. And I guess if you ever get me crying, I might not stop. This is the way I look at tragedy or else I'll cry.

  Bob Newhart

  Laughing, Tragedy, Looks

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• This stammer got me a home in Beverly Hills, and I'm not about to screw with it now.

  Bob Newhart

  Home, Beverly Hills, Comedy

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• Funny is funny is funny.

  Bob Newhart

  Comedy

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• You may not think I'm a sex symbol, but I became a father at the age of 48. Now young people think of me as a mini-folk hero because it's difficult for them to believe a man of my age is sexually active.

  Bob Newhart

  Sex, Father, Hero

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think there are still words you can't use in family entertainment that you can use in a sitcom today.

  Bob Newhart

  Family, Thinking, Today

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• I was not influenced by Jack Benny, and people have remarked on my timing and Jack's timing, but I don't think you can teach timing. It's something you hear in your head.

  Bob Newhart

  Thinking, People, Timing

  "Bob Newhart talks about stand-up, sitcoms, and why he stays busy". Interview with Jesse Thorn, www.avclub.com. May 16, 2012.

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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.

  Bob Newhart

  Drama, Character, Aversion

  Interview with Guy MacPherson, www.guymacpherson.ca. April 14, 2006.

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• I don't know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there's a little confusion between humor and gross passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable.

  Bob Newhart

  Humor, Thinking, Confusion

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• I don't have a stack of scripts...

  Bob Newhart

  Scripts, Comedy

  Interview with Michelle Zoromski, www.ign.com. July 2, 2003.

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• I've been a very lucky actor.

  Bob Newhart

  Lucky, Actors, Comedy

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• I didn't need the elf outfit to play an elf; I could just play an elf.

  Bob Newhart

  Play, Needs

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• I feel more comfortable in comedy.

  Bob Newhart

  Comedy, Feels, Comfortable

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• Well I was much too practical to presume to have a career in comedy.

  Bob Newhart

  Careers, Comedy, Wells

  "Bob Newhart talks about stand-up, sitcoms, and why he stays busy". Interview with Jesse Thorn, www.avclub.com. May 16, 2012.

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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.

  Bob Newhart

  Running, Thinking, Years

  Interview with Guy MacPherson, www.guymacpherson.ca. April 14, 2006.

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• As an actor, you generally want to see the other actor's face.

  Bob Newhart

  Actors, Want, Faces

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• Television series are like the stock market. There's room for bears and bulls but no room for pigs.

  Bob Newhart

  Pigs, Television, Bulls

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm very open to the up-and-comers.

  Bob Newhart

  Comedy

  "Bob Newhart Set For Las Vegas Show". Interview with Scott Gulbransen, states.aarp.org. November 3, 2016.

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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.

  Bob Newhart

  Men, People, Telephones

  Biography/Personal Quotes, labs.imdb.com.

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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.

  Bob Newhart

  Thinking, Comedian, Lines

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I can't remember the last live-action, non-animated Christmas movie.

  Bob Newhart

  Lasts, Action, Remember

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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.

  Bob Newhart

  Decision, Temptation, Comedian

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