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
book writing lines
I write books that way - I put a first line down and say, "Where does this go?"
writing people mets
You'd only write what you know and what you know is what you do and the people you know. So you'd write about them or the people you have met casually. It's part of your life.
writing humor improvisation
Improvisation is just writing in front of an audience.
writing found shocked
When I found out I could write I was shocked! I didn't know I could write.
writing ideas creating
Writing is the basis of all, because creating something that didn't even exist before is like taking an empty canvass. It is a wonderful thing to make something out of nothing. You've got an empty page, you've got an idea, and then you start typing and that is the most thrilling thing of all. And then if it becomes a movie or something else that's a plus, but the original writing of it is what's very exciting.
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.