Carl Reiner
Carl Reiner
Carl Reiner is an American actor, director, producer, and writer of comedy whose career spans nearly seven decades...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth20 March 1922
CityBronx, NY
CountryUnited States of America
awful good terrible today
There's some awfully good things done today and some awful terrible things done today,
bob hope learn television
Bob Hope was not a television pioneer. He didn't learn his lines. If you don't learn your lines, I don't take you seriously. We never had a (cue) card.
award chance destroyed gets honored letter man people quiet sad signing sit
I'm signing the letter that says, let's be quiet when he gets his award and just sit there. I think it's very sad that this man is being honored and the people he destroyed are never going to have a chance to be honored.
names games laughing
If you can get a laugh out of a name, you're ahead of the game.
book people way
I love tweeting. I tweet every day. I stay in contact, I tell them what I'm doing. I've posted pictures of my books on there and they buy the books. It's a very good way to communicate with people, but I can't go to bed without tweeting something. I have to tweet something.
fighting coward charming
I'm a charming coward; I fight with words.
laughing people want
Everybody wants to laugh - you know that. They need to laugh... people need to laugh.
laughing people may
Inviting people to laugh with you while you are laughing at yourself is a good thing to do. You may be a fool but you're the fool in charge.
father work-ethic house
My father was a watchmaker and an inventor. I saw him working in the house every day. The work ethic, I got from him. He worked hard and he never complained about it.
people different ordinary
I only please myself. I figure I'm just one of many people. I'm not that different from anybody else and I don't have great language - I'm very ordinary.
children book three
I've done everything I've wanted to do. I have three children, I have grandchildren, I have books, I did movies, I've directed movies, I've done almost everything I've wanted to do.
book writing lines
I write books that way - I put a first line down and say, "Where does this go?"
kids thinking people
People have a comic bent or an angularity to their thinking, and those are the people who make jokes. And it's usually people who were in an environment, when they were young, where jokes were at a premium, or at least considered important to a life. My parents always listened to the comedy radio shows, we went to the comedy movies, and my parents appreciated comedy. So kids listen and follow what their parents like.
comedian pencils pens
Comedians are really writers who don't have pens and pencils about them, but they riff.