Robert Klein
Robert Klein
Robert Kleinis an American stand-up comedian, singer and actor. He had several popular and influential comedy albums in the 1970s, was nominated for a Best Actor in a Musical Tony Award for 1979's They're Playing Our Song, and has made a variety of TV and movie appearances, including hosting Saturday Night Live twice...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth8 February 1942
CityBronx, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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I have what we call a 'symphony act.' I'm the only comedian, I think, in the country that does it.
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I was a class clown. My father was a class clown. My son has been a class clown, and it sort of ran in the family.
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One of my greatest inspirations for stand-up was Jonathan Winters. He was a genius. One thing about him, and also Lenny Bruce, is that they were in the tradition of the one-man show. That's why Richard Pryor was so great, and George Carlin, too. They prowled the stage, they used voices, they were really talents.
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So it took me five years because in the interim I have been doing a lot of personal appearances and movies and some television series that went into the plumbing and I stopped writing for a while.
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There is a cliche that probably has some anecdotal evidence on the side that comedians are very depressed people, but that's because no one is ever going to seem as funny in a normal conversation as compared to when they're up there onstage in the spotlight making a huge audience keel over with laughter.
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I guess I'm pleased and proud of the respect of my peers, and that when I disappear from the scene or from this earth, I will have left a mark. They'll say, 'He did it well.' I like being funny; it opens people up.
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We're heartened by the fact that (the state Supreme Court) agreed to take another look at the rationale for the decision.
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I still think the Legislature has to do the right thing (about the disputed revenue sources).
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I wrote my book 'The Amorous Busboy Of Decatur Avenue' completely like a writer does, writing it down, re-writing everything. But in my stand-up, I improvise initially, never questioning it too closely.
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