Bob Newhart Quotes - Page 3

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• When you're going for a joke, you're stuck out there if it doesn't work. There's nowhere to go. You've done the drum role and the cymbal clash and you're out on the end of the plank.

  Bob Newhart

  Done, Cymbals, Nowhere To Go

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

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

  Bob Newhart

  Lasts, Action, Remember

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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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• 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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• Funny is funny is funny.

  Bob Newhart

  Comedy

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• I worked in accounting for two and a half years, realized that wasn't what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, and decided I was just going to give comedy a try.

  Bob Newhart

  Years, Two, Giving

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

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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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• I feel more comfortable in comedy.

  Bob Newhart

  Comedy, Feels, Comfortable

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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 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'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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• 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.

  Bob Newhart

  Wind, People, Boss

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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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• I couldn't play off people that I don't personally like.

  Bob Newhart

  Play, People

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• One of the first things you ever learn as a stand-up is don't show fear.

  Bob Newhart

  Comedian, Firsts, Shows

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

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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 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'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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• I gave up accounting. I went in for about six months writing ad copy. I was fired from that, and then another guy and I did a kind of poor man's Bob and Ray kind of syndicated radio show. Then I decided to stick it out and see what happened. I'd give it a year, a year became two years, and then two years became three years, and then along came the record album.

  Bob Newhart

  Writing, Men, Years

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

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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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• The only thing I have never done is a Broadway play. I'm not sure I have the discipline necessary to do a Broadway play. I know it holds a fascination for certain actors.

  Bob Newhart

  Play, Discipline, Fascination

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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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• 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've been a very lucky actor.

  Bob Newhart

  Lucky, Actors, Comedy

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