Words matter. These are the best Carl Reiner Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
My parents loved comedies, so we saw Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, the Ritz Brothers, and the Marx Brothers. I wanted to be one of them.
Everybody wants to laugh – you know that. They need to laugh… people need to laugh.
People ask me where I get my vitality, and to tell you the truth, I don’t have a clue.
If you can get a laugh out of a name, you’re ahead of the game.
‘New Girl’ is funny. I love Zooey Deschanel. She’s the most charming thing around.
Going through war and living is a very important process. You realize how vulnerable you are and how lucky you are to be in the right place at the right time. As a matter of fact, I have a history of luck.
The absolute truth is the thing that makes people laugh.
The absolute truth is the thing that makes people laugh.
The death of your beloved is the hardest time of all.
I figure I’m just one of many people. I’m not that different from anybody else, and I don’t have great language, highfalutin’ language – I’m very ordinary. So I figure if I write about myself, other people with similar feelings and experiences would go, ‘Oh, that’s me.’
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.
The key to longevity is to interact with other people.
Everybody wants to laugh – you know that. They need to laugh… people need to laugh.
If you write, write about what you do and who you are, and you can’t be wrong. Don’t lie about anything. You are very similar to everybody else in the world. You love, you hate, you have friends, you have enemies. Be who you are.
I’m a charming coward; I fight with words.
I figure I’m just one of many people. I’m not that different from anybody else, and I don’t have great language, highfalutin’ language – I’m very ordinary. So I figure if I write about myself, other people with similar feelings and experiences would go, ‘Oh, that’s me.’
I wrote three books about growing up in the Bronx.
I need to see a woman president in my lifetime. Or the first Jewish president.
A fellow who has a funny bone can learn to hone his skills, but I don’t think you can develop a funny bone – you either have it or you don’t. And by the way – when you get it, we don’t know it.
Even failures can turn into something positive if you just keep going. I wrote a television pilot called ‘Head of the Family.’ CBS didn’t want it. It was considered a failure. But we reworked it. A year later, it became ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show.’
It’s one thing for a father to say, ‘Oh, my son is great.’ But to have others say it – that’s the true reward. Robbie’s one of the smartest people I know. He’s made such fantastic movies.
There’s nothing more satisfying than having an idea and seeing it through to find out that, not only did you like it, but the audience and critics all seemed to agree.
My parents loved comedies, so we saw Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, the Ritz Brothers, and the Marx Brothers. I wanted to be one of them.
I think that comedy really tells you how it is. The other thing about comedy is that – you don’t even know if you’re failing in drama, but you do know when you’re failing in comedy. When you go to a comedy and you don’t hear anybody laughing, you know that you’ve failed.
Every morning, I would actually look at the obituaries before I had breakfast. And as a joke I said if I was not in it, I would have the breakfast.
I’ve lived through the Great Depression.
I’ve lived through the Great Depression.
I’m a charming coward; I fight with words.
I love tweeting.
I wrote three books about growing up in the Bronx.
‘New Girl’ is funny. I love Zooey Deschanel. She’s the most charming thing around.
Comedians are really writers who don’t have pens and pencils about them, but they riff.
I need to see a woman president in my lifetime. Or the first Jewish president.
I served in World War II in our fight to defeat fascism.
Comedians are really writers who don’t have pens and pencils about them, but they riff.
I love tweeting.
‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’ was my labor of love. When asked the best thing I ever did – that was it. I wrote it originally for myself.
I think that comedy really tells you how it is. The other thing about comedy is that – you don’t even know if you’re failing in drama, but you do know when you’re failing in comedy. When you go to a comedy and you don’t hear anybody laughing, you know that you’ve failed.
A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.
If you write, write about what you do and who you are, and you can’t be wrong. Don’t lie about anything. You are very similar to everybody else in the world. You love, you hate, you have friends, you have enemies. Be who you are.
