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Carl Reiner

(1922–2020) Film Director United States

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Carl Reiner was a film director from the United States, best known for Nnnnn.

Quick Facts About Carl Reiner

Born: March 20, 1922
Died: June 29, 2020
Nationality: United States
Profession: Film Director
Notable works: Nnnnn
Spouse: Estelle Reiner

About Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner was an American actor, author, comedian, director, and screenwriter whose career spanned seven decades. His awards and honors include 12 Primetime Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1999.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Quotes by Carl Reiner

People have a comic bent or an angularity to their thinking, and those are the people who make jokes. And it's usually…

Appreciated

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I've seen the invention of television and performed on television even before my family owned one.

Family

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Going through war and living is a very important process. You realize how vulnerable you are and how lucky you are to…

History

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I write books that way - I put a first line down and say, "Where does this go?"

Book

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I think that comedy really tells you how it is. The other thing about comedy is that - you don't even know…

Comedy

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I'm not a believer, I call myself an atheist. It was man who invented God. I once wrote that there are 15…

Allergic

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I was a Teletype operator in the army, so that's where I learned to type. One day, I went downstairs to see…

Army

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Every morning, I would actually look at the obituaries before I had breakfast. And as a joke I said if I was…

Actually

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Writing is the basis of all, because creating something that didn't even exist before is like taking an empty canvass. It is…

Bases

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I only please myself. I figure I'm just one of many people. I'm not that different from anybody else and I don't…

Different

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You can get the best out of people if they're happy and not worried or not frightened that they're going to make…

Best

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It's like a bird. If he knew what he was doing, he would fall.

Bird

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'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was my labor of love. When asked the best thing I ever did - that was it.…

Best

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My father was a watchmaker and an inventor. I saw him working in the house every day. The work ethic, I got…

Ethics

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When you denigrate people, they have two ways to fight back - with their fists and guns, or their mouths. And mouths…

Fighting

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I love tweeting.

I love

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Everybody wants to laugh - you know that. They need to laugh... people need to laugh.

Laughing

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When I was 20-something, 30, I fell down a flight of stairs and hurt my back. I went to a therapist who…

Back

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'New Girl' is funny. I love Zooey Deschanel. She's the most charming thing around.

Funny

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If you can get a laugh out of a name, you're ahead of the game.

Ahead of the game

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Id like to acknowledge three people who early on knew Mel Brooks was one of the funniest people in the world: Sid…

Acknowledge

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I figure I'm just one of many people. I'm not that different from anybody else, and I don't have great language, highfalutin'…

Feelings

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A fellow who has a funny bone can learn to hone his skills, but I don't think you can develop a funny…

Bones

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Lust is easy. Love is hard. Life is most important.

Dance

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Comedians are really writers who don't have pens and pencils about them, but they riff.

Comedian

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