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Daily Inspiration Quote by Bob Saget

"I just did a play in New York which has been my best experience that I've had for maybe ever. It was Paul Weitz's play called Privilege and I was in New York for three months"

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Saget isn’t trying to sound profound here; he’s trying to sound surprised. The line is basically a man known for loud, broad comedy pausing to admit that the thing that moved him most wasn’t a punchline or a TV set, but a play. That mild disbelief - “maybe ever” - is doing a lot of work. It’s a hedged superlative, the kind performers use when they’re both sincere and a little embarrassed by sincerity.

The specifics matter: New York, three months, a named director, a named title. This is credibility-building, but it’s also a clue about what he valued. Theater, especially in New York, is still coded as the “real” proving ground for actors, where you can’t hide behind editing or the familiar rhythms of a sitcom. Saget’s career was built on a persona that often got flattened into “TV dad” or “dirty comic,” and this sounds like him quietly reclaiming range. “Privilege,” as a title, also hangs in the background: for someone who made his name in mainstream, mass-consumption comedy, stepping into a play with that name hints at a desire to engage a different kind of material - more adult, more uncomfortable, less instantly “likable.”

The subtext is gratitude, but also relief: three months of being judged on craft rather than brand. In a culture that treats entertainment careers like content pipelines, he’s pointing to the rarest experience in show business: time, focus, and an audience that can’t scroll away.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Saget, Bob. (2026, January 17). I just did a play in New York which has been my best experience that I've had for maybe ever. It was Paul Weitz's play called Privilege and I was in New York for three months. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-just-did-a-play-in-new-york-which-has-been-my-49012/

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Saget, Bob. "I just did a play in New York which has been my best experience that I've had for maybe ever. It was Paul Weitz's play called Privilege and I was in New York for three months." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-just-did-a-play-in-new-york-which-has-been-my-49012/.

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"I just did a play in New York which has been my best experience that I've had for maybe ever. It was Paul Weitz's play called Privilege and I was in New York for three months." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-just-did-a-play-in-new-york-which-has-been-my-49012/. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.

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Bob Saget (born May 17, 1956) is a Actor from USA.

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