Bob Hope
Bob Hope
Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope, KBE, KC*SG, KSS, was an American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, dancer, athlete, and author. With a career spanning nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in over 70 films and shorts, including a series of "Road" movies also starring Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. In addition to hosting the Academy Awards 19 times, he appeared in many stage productions and television roles and was the author of fourteen books. The song "Thanks for the Memory" is widely regarded...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth29 May 1903
CityLondon, England
CountryUnited States of America
I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six.
I would not have had anything to eat if it wasn't for the stuff the audience threw at me.
With today's movies, if we took out all the bad language, we'd go back to silent films.
English clubs are very exclusive. I played Royal Foxshire and they made me wear a suit and tie. . . in the shower.
There's a very apt saying in show business: "If you don't go over budget in Paris, you're either very rich or very sick. "
I only speak a little pigeon French. Just enough to get by with the little French pigeons.
Contrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking.
It's very frustrating making a picture in Paris. We work hard all day at the studio to get a love scene just right. Then, on my way home, I see couples on every street corner doing it better.
It's a wonderful way to live, and not a bad way to go, either. The average Frenchman is still smiling three months after he's dead.
Free speech isn't dead in Germany and Italy, merely the speakers...
Somebody should tell Jerry Falwell that God is an Independent . . . he's not rich enough to be a Republican.
The service at the Imperial (Tokyo) is the finest I've encountered anywhere. There was a button next to my bed marked ROOM SERVICE - and a maid to press it for me.
The help (in Japan) is very polite. They bow so much, you don't know which end to talk to.
Tokyo cab drivers are all ex-kamikaze pilots.