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I was very young when 'The Carol Burnett Show' came out, but that kind of comedy and the spontaneity of her, I think it…

— Sandra Oh

I loved 'The Carol Burnett Show' - I thought she was the funniest lady I'd ever seen.

— Jayma Mays

As a kid, I loved Paula Poundstone and Richard Pryor. But my mother was a huge influence on my comedy.

— Tig Notaro

Looking at magazines and being someone who wanted to act, as a kid, I was very much influenced by things I saw.

— Barbie Ferreira

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

As a kid, I always wanted to be Carol Burnett or Johnny Carson. I love to chat and entertain.

— Caroline Rhea

The thing that attracted me the most was comedy acting and people like Catherine Tate and Olivia Colman; people doing funny voices and accents.

— Lolly Adefope

Movies were the biggest influence on me when I was a kid.

— George Pelecanos

I used to like watching the Carol Burnett Show. I thought Carol Burnett was very funny. And I liked Madeline Kahn a lot because…

— Paul Rudd

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

— Ed O'Neill

The person that inspired me throughout most of my childhood was Angela Bassett.

— Teyonah Parris

I connected very much with all the work of Joan Crawford because she started as a flapper. She used to dance and sing and…

— Berenice Bejo