Quotes & Jokes by Bob Newhart / page 4

Funny is funny is funny.

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.

I don't want to find the secret. I'm afraid all the joy will go out of it if I find the secret.

I am also huddling with creative advisers and studying the possibility of calling it The.

I've done more than I thought I was ever going to do. I've had a very long and very satisfying career.

There's gratification in making somebody laugh. It's a wonderful sound. I find myself, to this day, doing it, wanting to make people laugh.

I've been a very lucky actor.

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.

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

As an actor, you generally want to see the other actor's face.

I couldn't play off people that I don't personally like.

The fact they're not there anymore is not a reflection on the actors. It's just that viewers didn't like it. You went, 'What the hell was that?'

I never had an aversion because I was active in the drama club. If I had that aversion I certainly wouldn't put myself in the position of being on stage. Of course, in the drama club you're hiding behind a character.

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

I was not influenced by Jack Benny, and people have remarked on my timing and Jack's timing, but I don't think you can teach timing. It's something you hear in your head.