Bob Crane

“You know what they say: You go on the road and you're out of the business. Out of sight, out of mind. I can't afford that sort of thing.”

“If someone's winning an argument wih me, I throw a funny line at him and run.”

“People keep saying that I'm lucky to be naturally funny, that I don't have to work at it. They are wrong. I work very hard.”

“I work best under pressure. At home I look at a script for about 10 minutes then I get distracted bymy records, or my tape, or my videotape machine, or Scotty.”

“They asked me to test for 'Please Don't Eat the Daisies,' but I didn't want any part of that scene. After all, I get enough of that family thing at home.”

“I turned down more offers to be Jack Paar or Johnny Carson or Steve Allen before the people on the 'Donna Reed Show' gave me a chance to earn while I learned.”

“Hard comedy goes for the fences. It's also what you might call take-a-risk comedy because if you don't hit a home run, you might strike out. It's either a belly laugh or it's no go and no show.”