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Bob Newhart Quotes

American - Comedian | September 5, 1929 -

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.

Yourself You Clean Over Audience

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

Think Childlike Comedians Just Still

Stammering is different than stuttering. Stutterers have trouble with the letters, while stammerers trip over entire parts of a sentence. We stammerers generally think of ourselves as very bright.

Think Trouble Letters Bright Over

I was an accountant in Chicago, and a friend of mine, Ed Gallagher, was in advertising. At 4:30 every day I'd be bored, and I would call him. He'd interview me.

Friend Day Me Advertising Every Day

I think one reason for a successful marriage is laughter. I think laughter gets you through the rough moments in a marriage.

Marriage Laughter Think Moments You

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

Great Writing You Without Got Other

For some reason, comedians are still children. The social skills somehow never reach us, so we say exactly what we think without weighing the results.

Children Think Reach Results Skills

The greatest comedian I've ever seen is Jack Benny. He wasn't afraid of the silences.

Afraid Seen Greatest He Comedian

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

Home Me Now Beverly Hills Hills Got

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.

Great Thought Satisfaction Never Out

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.

Discipline Play Know Done Never

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.

Time First Time First Audience Up

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