Bob Newhart

I've been a very lucky actor.

— Bob Newhart

Funny is funny is funny.

— Bob Newhart

Don't be silly and don't waste your time.

— Bob Newhart

I don't have a stack of scripts.

— Bob Newhart

I'm not what you'd call a Method actor.

— Bob Newhart

“I still feel 30, except when I try to run.”

— Bob Newhart

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

— Bob Newhart

I don't watch that much television.

— Bob Newhart

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

— Bob Newhart

The first time I heard Richard Pryor, I knew he would be a major force in the world of comedy.

— Bob Newhart

What you see on stage is pretty much the way I am... a dry sense of humor.

— Bob Newhart

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

— Bob Newhart

I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least.

— Bob Newhart

The greatest comedian I've ever seen is Jack Benny. He wasn't afraid of the silences.

— Bob Newhart

Dick Martin, if you put a gun to his forehead, he couldn't tell you a joke.

— Bob Newhart

One of the first things you ever learn as a stand-up is don't show fear.

— Bob Newhart

I think you should be a child for as long as you can. I have been successful for 74 years being able…

— Bob Newhart

I was an accountant in Chicago, and a friend of mine, Ed Gallagher, was in advertising. At 4:30 every day I'd be…

— Bob Newhart

Because of the spin-meisters and the focus groups and the way politics is run now. It's run by polls and focus groups.…

— Bob Newhart

“I think you should be a child for as long as you can. I have been successful for 74 years being able…

— Bob Newhart

Cell phones have gotten so small, you can't tell who's a cell phone user and who's a schizophrenic.

— Bob Newhart

I loved 'Everybody Loves Raymond' because I like Ray and I thought it was beautifully cast, I thought it was great writing.…

— Bob Newhart

I kind of do it in my head, then I'll try pieces of it on stage and if it looks promising, I'll…

— Bob Newhart

Women are more emotional. They do get flustered. Which is not to say that men are better than they. It's simply the…

— Bob Newhart

I always stayed away from political commentary. First of all, I didn't feel entitled. What I may feel about a candidate, I'm…

— Bob Newhart

With the stand-up comic on TV, whether it's Seinfeld or Cosby or Roseanne, more important than their knowledge of how to tell…

— Bob Newhart

I am one of the great wasters of time. I have made it an art form. I can get up at 8…

— Bob Newhart

Probably the best advice I ever got in my life was from the head of the accounting department, Mr. Hutchinson, I believe…

— Bob Newhart

I don't know how doctors pick one specialty over another. Some you can understand. Pediatricians. Or gynecologists delivering babies, bringing a new…

— Bob Newhart

Don Rickles and I are best friends. I know that might seem strange to those who know Don only by reputation, but…

— Bob Newhart

You may not think I'm a sex symbol, but I became a father at the age of 48. Now young people think…

— 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…

— Bob Newhart

Stammering is different than stuttering. Stutterers have trouble with the letters, while stammerers trip over entire parts of a sentence. We stammerers…

— Bob Newhart

“[On playing another character that was not Dr. Bob Hartley]: I think you're lucky when you realize what you are. Spencer Tracy…

— Bob Newhart

I'm one of those passengers who arrives at the airport five or six hours early so I can throw back a few…

— Bob Newhart

I was very political when JFK ran.

— Bob Newhart

I still feel thirty, except when I try to run.

— Bob Newhart

I feel more comfortable in comedy.

— Bob Newhart

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

— Bob Newhart

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

— Bob Newhart