Top 118 Quotes by Bob Newhart

About Bob Newhart

These are some quotes by American author Bob Newhart Comedian, who was born on September 5, 1929.

I made a record album in 1960 and it exploded, and I got all these offers for TV.

I made a record album in 1960 and it exploded, and I got all these offers for TV.

Bob Newhart

I know Chuck Lorre personally, and am familiar with his work going back to 'Roseanne' and 'Cybil.'

I know Chuck Lorre personally, and am familiar with his work going back to 'Roseanne' and 'Cybil.'

Bob Newhart

I'm very open to the up-and-comers.

I'm very open to the up-and-comers.

Bob Newhart

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

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

Bob Newhart

I don't have a stack of scripts that, when I get home, studios are clamoring, saying, 'Has Bob read ours yet?'

I don't have a stack of scripts that, when I get home, studios are clamoring, saying, 'Has Bob read ours yet?'

Bob Newhart

I think the thing about it is when you grow up in Chicago there's such a thing as putting on airs, you know? And you just learn not to put on airs. Don't act like, 'Oh boy, I'm somebody.' They'll slap you down.

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 guy next to him says, 'What did he say?'

Bob Newhart

There was a sea of change in comedy in the late 1950s and '60s. We were dealing with vignettes as opposed to jokes. We were more socially aware.

There was a sea of change in comedy in the late 1950s and '60s. We were dealing with vignettes as opposed to jokes. We were more socially aware.

Bob Newhart

The schizophrenic has no sense of humor. His world is a constantly daunting, unfriendly place.

The schizophrenic has no sense of humor. His world is a constantly daunting, unfriendly place.

Bob Newhart

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.

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

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