I loved 'The Carol Burnett Show' - I thought she was the…

As a teenager, I loved 'The Carol Burnett Show' and 'Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In,' and I lived to watch 'Monty Python.'

— Catherine O'Hara

I loved 'Carol.' I thought it was a beautiful film.

— RuPaul

The older ones recently saw Mr and Mrs Smith and I think they thought that was the funniest thing they'd ever seen because, of…

— Angelina Jolie

I got a phone call from Jon Favreau saying, 'I need the voice of a personality-less robot, and I thought of you immediately.' I…

— Paul Bettany

I was asked about doing a nude shoot for men's magazine GQ. I thought it was the funniest thing I'd ever heard.

— Julie Walters

The one I remember is going into London, as it was for us in Essex, on New Year's Eve in 1981. There were four…

— Alan Davies

I thought she was the funniest woman, and I believed being a comedian was the most exciting thing you could be.

— Maya Rudolph

In China I told pastors about how, in the West, we have these church buildings and how we go to services each week that…

— Francis Chan

I'm like a crazy cat lady.

— Jayma Mays

So many people: Lucille Ball is the earliest incarnation of a woman I thought was funny, Joan Rivers, Roseanne, Carol Burnett, Gilda Radnor, down…

— Chelsea Peretti

Making music on TV used to be as common as commercials. In the '60s and '70s, prime time was stuffed with variety shows headlined…

— Tom Shales

Most of the cast and crew on 'Mama's Family' have been together since the 'Carol Burnett' days, so we work really well together. It's…

— Vicki Lawrence

In bluegrass, there's a lot of joke-telling and a lot of banter between bandmates. It's like improv or watching the 'Carol Burnett Show.'

— Ashley McBryde

Lily Tomlin, Judi Dench, Carol Burnett, Linda Emond, Meryl Streep, Janet Mctyre. I saw all these women on stage, and I experienced a feeling…

— Miriam Shor

I took my first acting class at age 6 because I found out that's what Carol Burnett was doing - acting. Also she had…

— Christine Lakin