I’ve always felt England was a great place for a comic to work. It’s an island and the audience can’t run very far.
BOB HOPEI’ve always felt England was a great place for a comic to work. It’s an island and the audience can’t run very far.
BOB HOPEI went to play golf and tried to shoot my age, but I shot my weight instead.
BOB HOPEBaseball is a soap opera that plays out day after day, one that a lot of elderly women watch until the characters and the plot becomes a part of their life.
BOB HOPEAll British castles and old country homes are supposed to be haunted. It’s in the lease.
BOB HOPEThe old water heater in my dressing room was working, but it was kind of tired. It gave off about as much warmth as an agent’s handshake.
BOB HOPEI led such a sheltered life I didn’t go out with girls until I was almost four.
BOB HOPETokyo cab drivers are all ex-kamikaze pilots.
BOB HOPEOne of the greatest gifts to mankind is laughter, and one of the greatest gifts to laughter is Lucille Ball. God has her now but thanks to television, we’ll have her forever.
BOB HOPEThe big difference in those days was that in England the Government subsidized TV, in America we work on TV so we can subsidize the Government.
BOB HOPEHaving so many gold courses so close together was ideal for me. With my slice I could enjoy three or four golf courses at the same time.
BOB HOPEA photographer kept shooting me every time I swung. I was very flattered until I found out he was from Field and Stream.
BOB HOPEI ruined my hands in the ring. The referee kept stepping on them.
BOB HOPECelebrities have a way of touching our lives. Perhaps we are influenced by their screen image, or perhaps by their acquired status.
BOB HOPEPersonally, I never drink on Oscar nights, as it interferes with my suffering.
BOB HOPEI come around to your house personally and wet your finger while you’re turning the pages.
BOB HOPEA James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live.
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