Comedy Quote by Adam Conover

When I came to America, it was Dave Chappelle and a lot of comedians on ComicView. That was my first exposure to stand up…

— Jimmy O. Yang

The actors that inspire me are the comedians and the people able to shape-shift into different roles and into different media.

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw

People ask me about my influences and I say all the comedians in the 1970s and Dave Allen was a massive influence and a…

— Sean Lock

I have too many influences to name. I like a wide variety of stuff, which I think has been helpful. I liked every comedian…

— John Mulaney

My inspiration to do comedy came from many places. Saturday mornings, I would watch Bob Hope and Jerry Lewis movies. I later got into…

— Erik Griffin

Richard Pryor - he had stories, he had characters, he had short jokes, and he had bits. He had all those things. Eddie Murphy…

— Charlie Murphy

When I was growing up, I was really into comedy. I listened to a lot of comedy albums. I loved Richard Pryor, but the…

— Tony Rock

I think of myself as a comedian who has the pleasure of writing jokes about things that I actually care about, and that's really…

— Jon Stewart

Because of my comedic-influence growing up, Mel Brooks, Jim Carrey, Steve Martin… A lot of Jeff comedic-influences included Charlie Chaplin and physical comedians of…

— J. Robert Spencer

I played few hero roles in the initial days of my career, but audiences loved me for my comic timing and, therefore, I later…

— Ali

In terms of comedians, I loved, growing up, Jonathan Winters, Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason, Phil Silvers, Carol Burnett, all those people.

— Ed O'Neill

I was influenced by a lot of stand-up comedians... Eddie Murphy back when he was doing 'Raw.' I watched that so many times as…

— Ray William Johnson