I was an accountant in Chicago, and a friend of mine, Ed Gallagher, was in advertising. At 4:30 every day I'd be bored, and I would call him. He'd interview me.
From Bob Newhart
I loved 'Everybody Loves Raymond' because I like Ray and I thought it was beautifully cast, I thought it was great writing. I thought Patricia Heaton was wonderful.
I have an aversion to laugh tracks - the moment I hear a laugh track, I go to another channel.
I'm not what you'd call a Method actor.
Humor is so important to the American scene throughout history.
The best advice I was probably given and the best advice I could give someone who is trying to get into the comedy field is to take advantage of every opportunity you have to work to hone your skills.
For some reason, comedians are still children. The social skills somehow never reach us, so we say exactly what we think without weighing the results.
Comedians are innately programmed to pick up oddities like mispronounced words, upside-down books on a shelf, and generally undetectable mistakes in everyday life.
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.
The greatest comedian I've ever seen is Jack Benny. He wasn't afraid of the silences.
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