Bob Newhart
Bob Newhart
George Robert Newhart, better known as Bob Newhart, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Noted for his deadpan and slightly stammering delivery, Newhart came to prominence in the 1960s when his album of comedic monologues The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart was a worldwide bestseller and reached number one on the Billboard pop album chart—it remains the 20th best-selling comedy album in history. The follow-up album, The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! was also a massive success, and the two...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth5 September 1929
CityOak Park, IL
CountryUnited States of America
Cell phones have gotten so small, you can't tell who's a cell phone user and who's a schizophrenic.
I've been told to speed up my delivery when I perform. But if I lose the stammer, I'm just another slightly amusing accountant.
I didn't need the elf outfit to play an elf; I could just play an elf.
I feel more comfortable in comedy.
One of the first things you ever learn as a stand-up is don't show fear.
You shouldn't get too close to the truth, because then maybe you stop being funny.
Continuing to do stand-up is always a challenge because the audiences and the environments in which you work very often differ.
You should have a value system. You can win if you stick with your value system.
This stammer got me a home in Beverly Hills, and I'm not about to screw with it now.
I think there are still words you can't use in family entertainment that you can use in a sitcom today.
I worked in accounting for two and a half years, realized that wasn't what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, and decided I was just going to give comedy a try.
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.
It was a decision to work clean. I just prefer to work that way. I have no problem with comedians who don't work that way. There was a temptation in the early '70s to reconsider. I decided against it.
I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it.