Tim Conway Quotes

I've never really taken anything very seriously. I enjoy life because I enjoy making other people enjoy it.
Tim Conway

Life, Enjoy, Making

When I watch TV, I'm embarrassed by some of what's on.
Tim Conway

Actually, we've done 75 of these shows and every one of them has sold out. But then we buy all the tickets.
Tim Conway

Done, Actually, Shows

As a kid I was short and only weighed 95 pounds. And though I was active in a lot of Sports and got along with most of the guys, I think I used comedy as a defense mechanism. You know making someone laugh is a much better way to solve a problem than by using your fists.
Tim Conway

Sports, Someone, Laugh

At first I wanted to be a jockey. I rode horses in Cleveland but I kept falling off and I was afraid of horses. So there wasn't much of a future in it.
Tim Conway

Future, Afraid, Wanted

Don Knotts was a really big influence, especially on the Steve Allen show. I mean, look at the guy, his entire life is in his face.
Tim Conway

Life, Mean, Big

Harvey never had an original idea or thought in his life. I was out wandering around the country doing charity benefits, mainly, when I asked him to come along.
Tim Conway

Life, Him, Thought

I don't watch a lot of TV anymore. A lot of it isn't the kind of thing you can feel comfortable with watching with your kids. And I still feel that way even though, now, my kids are in their 30s.
Tim Conway

Kids, Though, Watch

I figure you're only here for a matter of moments. Ever since I was a kid watching movies I've always wanted to make people laugh or have some sort of emotional reaction.
Tim Conway

Movies, Emotional, Laugh

I like to work a lot with wood. I make furniture that falls apart. I also sew.
Tim Conway

Work, Apart, Falls

I've known Harvey for over 40 years and I worked with him on the Burnett show for 11 years. I guess you could say we're about as close as you can get to being a comedy team.
Tim Conway

Him, Team, Show

If only my folks had beaten me, I could have gotten some material about my miserable childhood. But as it is, I've had a great life.
Tim Conway

Life, Great, Miserable

My career is pretty much over. I'm out in the Valley eating soft-boiled eggs.
Tim Conway

Career, Pretty, Eating

Nowadays they have 12 directors and 15 producers and 30 writers. And all the writers want their lines said a certain way-which isn't necessarily funny. I mean the lines aren't necessarily so funny to begin with.
Tim Conway

Funny, Mean, Said

People enjoy sitting back knowing they won't hear a lot of four-letter words.
Tim Conway

Words, Enjoy, Knowing

We kept a broad audience, and we didn't make fun of people who had necessarily made mistakes in their life and burned them to the ground. We made fun of a commercial or a movie or ourselves.
Tim Conway

Life, Fun, Mistakes

You can't TV surf without coming across an Andy of Mayberry episode where you've just got to watch Don as Barney. That's why I put Don in several of my movies.
Tim Conway

Movies, Why, Put

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: December 15, 1933

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