Comedy Quotes by Bob Newhart

Funny is funny is funny.

— Bob Newhart

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

— Bob Newhart

I feel more comfortable in comedy.

— Bob Newhart

I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it.

— Bob Newhart

Humor is so important to the American scene throughout history.

— Bob Newhart

The only way to survive is to have a sense of humour.

— Bob Newhart

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

— 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

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

— Bob Newhart

There are some actresses that can't do comedy; it's too heavy-handed.

— Bob Newhart

There was a sea of change in comedy in the late 1950s and '60s. We were dealing with vignettes as opposed to…

— Bob Newhart

Continuing to do stand-up is always a challenge because the audiences and the environments in which you work very often differ.

— Bob Newhart

People with a sense of humor tend to be less egocentric and more realistic in their view of the world and more…

— Bob Newhart

Comedians are never really on vacation because you're always at attention... that antenna is always out there.

— Bob Newhart

I really don't know what makes a comedian. I think it's a family background and environment. Yet if you put the same…

— Bob Newhart

When you're going for a joke, you're stuck out there if it doesn't work. There's nowhere to go. You've done the drum…

— Bob Newhart

I worked in accounting for two and a half years, realized that wasn't what I wanted to do with the rest of…

— 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

I just made the decision that I was going to try comedy, and if didn't work, then I knew it didn't work.…

— Bob Newhart

The best advice I was probably given and the best advice I could give someone who is trying to get into the…

— Bob Newhart

It was a decision to work clean. I just prefer to work that way. I have no problem with comedians who don't…

— 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 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

One of the first things that you learn as a stand-up is, you're the boss. It's your stage, and don't screw with…

— Bob Newhart

I never had an aversion because I was active in the drama club. If I had that aversion I certainly wouldn't put…

— Bob Newhart

I've always said people say on a dramatic show, 'I was crying. It was so emotional when he went and grabbed that…

— Bob Newhart

All comedians are, in a way, anarchists. Our job is to make fun of the existing world.

— Bob Newhart

It's kind of hard coming from 'Saturday Night Live,' which is a sketch-driven show, to a movie.

— Bob Newhart

I have an aversion to laugh tracks - the moment I hear a laugh track, I go to another channel.

— Bob Newhart

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

— Bob Newhart

Stand-up is different from television. In stand-up, you've got to be in control.

— Bob Newhart

There isn't a comedian in the world that hasn't bombed.

— Bob Newhart

But I really believe that if you have the ability, there is an obligation to make people laugh

— Bob Newhart

For a comedian, there is nothing better than watching another great comedian.

— 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 that what comes through in Chicago humor is the affection. Even though you're poking fun at someone or something, there's…

— Bob Newhart

I think that what comes through in Chicago humor is the affection. Even though youre poking fun at someone or something, theres…

— Bob Newhart

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

— Bob Newhart

I certainly don't delude myself that there aren't certainly more important things to do in life than make people laugh, but I…

— Bob Newhart