Bob Newhart

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

I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'.

Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.

Australians and the British are very similar: If you try and stand out in any way, and you try to reach for success, someone is gonna be there to cut you down.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

A lot of people think I'm a comedian.