Dick Cavett
Dick Cavett
Richard Alva "Dick" Cavettis an American television personality and former talk show host notable for his conversational style and in-depth discussions. Cavett appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States in five consecutive decades, the 1960s through the 2000s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth19 November 1936
CityGibbon, NE
CountryUnited States of America
night laughing advantage
I did standup while still working for Johnny Carson in the mid-'60s, thus gaining the advantage of at least getting laughs from him about how I hadn't the night before.
stars people brain
Statistically, I'd say comedy writers are perhaps the sanest category of show people. And why not? They make big money, and although it's not an easy trade - particularly when you're at your galley oar five days a week - it's easier on the nerves and the psyche than living with the brain-squeezing pressure and cares of being the Star.
stars believe reading
I confess, I do have to remind myself almost daily that there are people on this earth capable of reading, writing, eating and dressing themselves who believe their lives are ruled from billions of miles away, by the stars - and, of course, the planets.
talent performers knows
Greatly talented performers don't know - often spectacularly - what's best for them, don't know what their talents really are, and don't know what's just plain wrong for them.
mean fighting intellectual
I had to fight the intellectual label when I started in television, because, first of all, it's not going to help you commercially, and also, it wasn't particularly true of me. I mean, if anybody thought I was an intellectual, they probably had never really seen one.
sacred
I find most 'sacred music' pretty dismal.
voice easy
It's not always easy to identify your own voice. It comes with time.
sudden-death
The sudden death at 51 of James Gandolfini is intolerable.
dames students comedy
Every student of comedy should see Dame Edna at least twice.
thinking statistics coincidence
Just think of all the billions of coincidences that don't happen.
writing thinking easy
I think I'd be pretty easy to write for.
dislike-me devices electronic-devices
Electronic devices dislike me. There is never a day when something isn't ailing.
japan ease hobbies
Japanese is sort of a hobby of mine, and I can get around Japan with ease.
thinking age mediocrity
I think we live in an age of increasing mediocrity.