Quotes by Bob Newhart

About Bob Newhart:

George Robert is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Noted for his deadpan and slightly stammering delivery, Newhart came to prominence in the 1960s when his album of comedic monologues The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart was a worldwide bestseller and reached number one on the Billboard pop album chart—it remains the 20th best-selling comedy album in history. The follow-up album, The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! was also a massive success, and the two albums held the Billboard number one and number two spots simultaneously.
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What you see on stage is pretty much the way I am... a dry sense of humor.

Bob Newhart

Humor's a weapon if you want to make it one.

Bob Newhart

Humor is so important to the American scene throughout history.

Bob Newhart

People have told me, 'My dad passed on, but I have great memories of watching your shows with him.' It doesn't get any better than that.

Bob Newhart

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

For a comedian, there is nothing better than watching another great comedian.

Bob Newhart

You may have done 20 great shows in a row and come to one, and it doesn't work. You never presume anything.

Bob Newhart

Without great writing, you've got a bunch of actors bumping into each other.

Bob Newhart

I loved 'Everybody Loves Raymond' because I like Ray and I thought it was beautifully cast, I thought it was great writing. I thought Patricia Heaton was wonderful.

Bob Newhart

When I started, I was doing all the good comedians I'd ever seen. Then I developed my own voice. My routines are my natural way of looking at the world.

Bob Newhart

Sometimes you forget you're famous. You wonder, 'Why is that person staring at me?'

Bob Newhart

Funny is funny is funny.

Bob Newhart

With the stand-up comic on TV, whether it's Seinfeld or Cosby or Roseanne, more important than their knowledge of how to tell a joke is their knowledge of themselves, or the persona they've created as themselves. So that when you're in a room with wr...

Bob Newhart

I wasn't the class clown. I wasn't that obvious. There would be a circle of guys, and they're watching the class clown. And I'm standing in the back, and I turn to the guy next to me and I say something funny to him, and he starts to laugh. And the g...

Bob Newhart

You shouldn't get too close to the truth, because then maybe you stop being funny.

Bob Newhart

Richard Pryor introduced me to the world of the inner city, and the urban world, and did it hysterically. My favorite comedian, even though we work 180 degrees differently, but funny is funny is funny.

Bob Newhart

All I can say about life is, 'Oh God, enjoy it!'

Bob Newhart

I don't know how doctors pick one specialty over another. Some you can understand. Pediatricians. Or gynecologists delivering babies, bringing a new life into the world, but how does someone want to be a proctologist? How can you fall in love with pr...

Bob Newhart

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

Mark Twain gave us an insight into the life on the Mississippi at the turn of the century.

Bob Newhart

Comedians are innately programmed to pick up oddities like mispronounced words, upside-down books on a shelf, and generally undetectable mistakes in everyday life.

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Author Bio

  • NameBob Newhart
  • DescriptionAmerican stand-up comedian and actor
  • AliasesGeorge Robert Newhart
  • BornSeptember 5, 1929
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Comedian
  • AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award; Grammy Award For Best New Artist