Alligators Quote by Karen Russell

I wrote a post about wanting to buy a banjo - a $300 banjo, which is a lot of money, and I don't play…

— Mena Grabowski Trott

I spent most of my 20s with these alligator wrestlers in the swamps of South Florida.

— Karen Russell

Both my parents recognized early on that I wanted to do something in comedy, and they were really supportive. They're the ones who bought…

— Chris Hardwick

“Be so good they can't ignore you." Steve Martin”

— Brenda Sorrels

When I was a bit older I had all of the George Carlin records, all of the Steve Martin records, all of the Cheech…

— Marc Maron

Seriously, if you want to get inside the head of a stand-up comic, you could do a lot worse than reading Steve Martin's Born…

— Al Murray

“If we’re friends, I’m only the funniest guy you know because you don’t know John Cleese.
Or Steve Martin. Or Jack Handey. Or, or, or,…

— Jarod Kintz

I'd love to work with Steve Martin. I'd love to work with Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd.

— Chris Pratt

The only thing I really recommend, if you're starting out in stand-up is to not try to copy anybody else. You can be influenced…

— Ellen DeGeneres

I was at a dinner party with a group of people, and we were talking about fake names. You know, how its difficult to…

— Paul Rudd

Steve Martin said that philosophy is good for comedy because it screws up your thinking just enough, and I agree with that. Being forced…

— Chris Hardwick

I grew up listening to Steve Martin and Robin Williams, so I didn't ever intend to be a musical comedian. I sort of stumbled…

— Bo Burnham

Stand-up comedy is a very hard thing on the spirit. There are people who transcend it, like Jack Benny and Steve Martin, but in…

— Mike Nichols

The Pink Panther wasn't shown to the press for reasons that soon became apparent when I saw it at a public performance. Two people…

— Philip French

I was a huge fan of Steve Martin, as everyone I knew in comedy was.

— Martin Short