74 Quotes by Bob Crane

Believe it or not, Jack Lemmon was my inspiration. I saw him in 'Mr. Roberts' at the Stratford theater. I was just 21 or 22 at the time and I thought some day I would like to be an actor.

I always had acting in the back of my mind.

I don't want to sound conceited, but people were intrigued with me and thought I was crazy and the word got around about this wacky disc jockey who could do 10 commercials in 10 minutes - what I did was make fun of the commercials.

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

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 strike out. It's either a belly laugh or it's no go and no show.

I like Johnny Carson because he doesn't hold anything back when he's going for a laugh. Johnny will do anything, say anything, to get his laugh.

The public thinks there is a lot of money in 'residuals,' but it really isn't that good.

I never would take a role of radio announcer, disc jockey or musician.

I own half a million dollars worth of-houses in California. That's a lot for an unemployed actor.