Balls Quote by Garry Marshall

Working with Lucille Ball was just a master class in how to do comedy.

— Tim Matheson

I wrote comedy sketches in college.

— Ellie Kemper

I knew I wanted to be a performer and do comedy at 5 years old. My dad's wife, Marlene Rosenbaum, was boiling water and…

— Sandra Bernhard

I had to learn a skill set. I think I had the materials to be a good comedy writer.

— Mindy Kaling

I loved Lucille Ball growing up.

— Graham Norton

I did comedies for 10 years and I learned a great deal.

— Sally Field

I've studied Charlie Chaplin for years. I've studied Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, all of them. I don't play around. This is not a game.

— Tiffany Haddish

Alice Ripley was someone who had had a huge effect on me when I had gotten out of college and decided that this was…

— Tom Kitt

I knew at an early age that I wanted to pursue comedy.

— Tom Green

I don't have a story about how when I was a kid I wanted to do comedy.

— Janelle James

In senior year at college, Paula Vogel was my playwriting teacher; she is the first person to introduce me to the notion that a…

— Lynn Nottage

I looked back at some high school journals and discovered that I definitely wanted to be a writer, but not necessarily comedy.

— Allison Silverman