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
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.
pens writers
Comedians are really writers who don't have pens and pencils about them, but they riff.
It's like a bird. If he knew what he was doing, he would fall.
guys heard iota last performers top worry
One of the things performers worry about is who you follow. But if I can't top what I heard in the last hour. ... There wasn't one iota of humor! You guys are so serious.
care expected woman
She was pretty and you never expected a pretty woman to be that funny. She didn't care that she was pretty.
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?"