Bob Newhart

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. ”

Don't live in the past. There's no point. You can't change anything. What a waste of time. ”

Well, my career choice made a difference because I never would have met my wife, Jenny. I met her through comedian Buddy Hackett. He set us up on a blind date and then we got married. ”

All comedians are, in a way, anarchists. Our job is to make fun of the existing world. ”

Sometimes you forget you're famous. You wonder, 'Why is that person staring at me?' ”

Mark Twain gave us an insight into the life on the Mississippi at the turn of the century. ”

Stammering is different than stuttering. Stutterers have trouble with the letters, while stammerers trip over entire parts of a sentence. We stammerers generally think of ourselves as very bright. ”

When I was off TV, people would ask me to please come back, which I think was their way of saying, 'There's nothing out there for us.' ”

Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on. ”