Steven Wright Quote by David Cross

I've always been a fan of Andy Kaufman.

— Matthew Gray Gubler

My influences were Woody Allen and Lenny Bruce.

— David Steinberg

When I was starting, I was very much influenced by the straight up, eyes to camera style of August Sander. He is really the…

— Derek Ridgers

I really enjoyed doing stand-up. Andy Kaufman was a big hero of mine. I tried to do conceptual stuff like he tried to do.

— Matt Besser

I grew up on Harold Lloyd, Charles Chaplin, and Buster Keaton, and those were the ones who inspired me.

— Navid Negahban

One of my biggest influences, of course, is David Simon and his work on 'The Wire.'

— Cheo Hodari Coker

My influences as a comedian and filmmaker are Albert Brooks, Lenny Bruce, Woody Allen, Andy Kaufman and John Cassevettes.

— Sam Seder

I think probably I've been influenced by Chekhov and Walt Disney, if you see what I mean.

— Tom Stoppard

I was influenced growing up by everything from Harlequin romances to Fedor Dostoyevsky and Albert Camus, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, and later Lydia Davis,…

— Danzy Senna

I loved Stephen Wright, and I loved Mitch Hedberg, but they seemed like geniuses you could never emulate. You'd just be ripping them off.

— Anthony Jeselnik

My influences were Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry.

— Micky Dolenz

Because I just loved to spend two years of my life in the company of Andy Kaufman and other characters.

— Milos Forman