Bob Newhart Quotes - Page 3

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• The giant superstars are people whose talent is so enormous that their death wish can't destroy it.

  Bob Newhart

  People, Wish, Giants

  "Bob Newhart: What I've Learned" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. December 18, 2008.

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• When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity.

  Bob Newhart

  Couple, Years, Might

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• In today's world, you would call my father mostly unaccessible. I'm not sure that isn't true of most fathers at that time. He went through the Depression. I don't know what that would have done to my psyche.

  Bob Newhart

  Father, Done, World

  "Bob Newhart: What I've Learned" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. December 18, 2008.

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• I think there's a part, just a part of comedians, that is still childlike.

  Bob Newhart

  Thinking, Comedian, Stills

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

  Bob Newhart

  Play, Needs

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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

  Materials, Fodder, Knows

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

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• There's a lot of cynicism. Let's really enjoy Christmas, with all that's going on in the world.

  Bob Newhart

  World, Cynicism, Enjoy

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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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• I've been married forty-five years. I think laughter is the secret.

  Bob Newhart

  Laughter, Thinking, Years

  "Bob Newhart: What I've Learned" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. December 18, 2008.

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• You do a clean show and it's over and the audience have enjoyed themselves and you've enjoyed yourself, and you haven't had to resort to shock.

  Bob Newhart

  Clean, Resorts, Shock

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• The first time I got up in front of an audience was terror, abject terror, which continued for another four or five years. There still is, a little bit.

  Bob Newhart

  Years, Four, Littles

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

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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.

  Bob Newhart

  Choices Made, Careers, Differences

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

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• I don't have a show anymore. I don't have a check coming in every week. This is important to me, I got to score a million tonight or it could all be over.

  Bob Newhart

  Important, Tonight, Week

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

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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 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 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 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 feel more comfortable in comedy.

  Bob Newhart

  Comedy, Feels, Comfortable

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