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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

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I've always said people say on a dramatic show, 'I was crying. It was so emotional when he went and grabbed that little girl from a burning building and handed her over to her mother.' In comedy, the best thing you can say is, 'I think it's funny.'

~Bob Newhart

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I'm not a classically trained actor. I'm not a product of Stavlovski method or anything like that.

~Bob Newhart

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I always stayed away from political commentary. First of all, I didn't feel entitled. What I may feel about a candidate, I'm a comedian. I mean, if people like my comedy, that doesn't mean they should vote for the person I like. That's why I always kind of stayed away from endorsements.

~Bob Newhart

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

~Bob Newhart

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

~Bob Newhart

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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

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: September 5th, 1929

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