230 Quotes by Bob Newhart

I'm not what you'd call a Method actor.

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

People have told me, 'My dad passed on, but I have great memories of watching your shows with him.' It doesn't get any better than that.

The first time I heard Richard Pryor, I knew he would be a major force in the world of comedy.

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

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

Don’t be silly and don’t waste your time.

In today’s world, you would call my father mostly unaccessible. I’m not sure that isn’t true of most fathers at that time. He went through the Depression. I don’t know what that would have done to my psyche.

Television series are like the stock market. There’s room for bears and bulls but no room for pigs.