Admiring Listening Quotes by Bob Crane

I turned down more offers to be Jack Paar or Johnny Carson or Steve Allen before the people on the 'Donna Reed Show' gave…

— Bob Crane

Hard comedy goes for the jocular. Hard comedy is basic.

— Bob Crane

Hard comedy goes for the fences. It's also what you might call take-a-risk comedy because if you don't hit a home run, you might…

— Bob Crane

The way I look at it, you've got to quit your TV series before they'll consider you in movies.

— Bob Crane

Wit is a comic's defense weapon.

— Bob Crane

I don't go for the wild stuff like bell-bottoms.

— Bob Crane

The day of the 'Partridge Family' type of show and the 'Brady Bunch' is long gone. The old 'Ozzie and Harriet' days are over.

— Bob Crane

Maybe, realistically, in a career you have only one hit series. Maybe 'Hogan's' was mine.

— Bob Crane

I learn by admiring others, listening and correcting what wouldn't be right for me.

— Bob Crane

I liked Art Linkletter's way of conducting an interview while still keeping it light and I even admired Jack Bailey, host of 'Queen for…

— Bob Crane

I don't smoke, I don't drink, two out of three ain't bad.

— Bob Crane

I feel the really big stars are in movies, not TV.

— Bob Crane