Bob Newhart Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I don't want to sound like the old guy, but cynicism is a potential danger. It colors our way of looking at the world.”

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

“I think there's a little confusion between humor and 'gross' passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable, because they aren't the same thing.”

“I'm glad you can't talk on your cells while the plane is in the air. That would drive me crazy.”

“There is an edginess in my work that people don't always recognize.”

“I love portraying the totally indifferent person.”

“Well I was much too practical to presume to have a career in comedy.”

“Don Rickles and I are best friends. I know that might seem strange to those who know Don only by reputation, but somebody has to be his friend. Just to make sure I don't forget, Don gave me a doormat that sits just outside the front door of my house. It reads: 'The Newharts: The Rickleses Best Friends.'”

“It was a decision to work clean. I just prefer to work that way. I have no problem with comedians who don't work that way. There was a temptation in the early '70s to reconsider. I decided against it.”

“When I first started out, 'Time' magazine did an article on what it called 'the sick comics,' and they were myself, Shelley Berman, Nichols & May, Jonathan Winters, Lenny Bruce, and Mort Sahl. We were considered 'sick.'”