Frank Quote by Don Rickles

Johnny Carson was a big influence on me - all of those shows I did with him over the years, like, 100 of them,…

— Don Rickles

If I were to do some outlandish role, I always made sure I'd be on Johnny Carson to show that I wasn't that person…

— Cloris Leachman

Scorsese and De Niro taught me to bring out the natural side of myself. And they taught me to think of myself as the…

— Joe Pesci

I always admired Frank Sinatra. He had ups and downs, but he didn't give up his style. He had what might have been a…

— Ralph Lauren

I'm a big fan of [Frank] Sinatra, he was the best at what he did. The last thing I do is model my career…

— Harry Connick, Jr

Frank Sinatra was a popular star, but he was always so sweet and friendly to me that I was excited just to be next…

— Yasmin Aga Khan

I respected Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra. Those were my heroes, and they were 10 years older than I was.

— Tony Bennett

Groucho, Bob Hope, Milton Berle, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis it was incredible. It's a thrill to work with people like that, to say 'I…

— Soupy Sales

Frank Sinatra enjoyed my humor, so I could say almost anything to him. I mean, within reason.

— Don Rickles

[Frank Sinatra] was an incredible artist, the best at what he did, but it never occurred to me to model my career after what…

— Harry Connick, Jr

My biggest influence is someone I really don't know at all: Tina Fey. Smart, funny, beautiful, self-deprecating, also a mom and a wife.

— Laura Benanti

I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash.

— Iris DeMent