230 Quotes by Bob Newhart

People are meant to be certain places, and I think I'm meant to be on a sound stage doing situation comedy.

That idea came from my wife (Virginia), ... You know, 'Dallas' had done the thing about one season being nothing more than a dream. We managed to keep it a secret until we actually shot the show. You should have heard the audience when they saw me and Suzanne in bed.

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

That meant I could go home at night, ... Doing stand-up comedy, you're on the road an awful lot.

I wasn't the class clown. I wasn't that obvious. There would be a circle of guys, and they're watching the class clown. And I'm standing in the back, and I turn to the guy next to me and I say something funny to him, and he starts to laugh. And the guy next to him says, 'What did he say?'

But it comes off as innocence, which carries through the picture.

I certainly don't delude myself that there aren't certainly more important things to do in life than make people laugh, but I can't imagine anything that would bring me more joy.

This is my brother Darryl, and this is my other brother Darryl.

I've always said people say on a dramatic show, 'I was crying. It was so emotional when he went and grabbed that little girl from a burning building and handed her over to her mother.' In comedy, the best thing you can say is, 'I think it's funny.'