Consider Quote by Kenya Barris

I think I have a finely tuned sense of humor. I think just being around it and growing up in it... my dad and…

— Rob Reiner

I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to…

— Ted Danson

In a very real way Norman [Lear] godfathered me into my career. He was the best mentor anybody could have ever had.

— Richard Masur

I liked Norman Lear's ideology that you could trust an audience to stay with you.

— Dave Finkel

And the only studies were - Rodney Dangerfield was my mentor and he was my Yale drama school for comedy.

— Robert Klein

My capacity for humour may have come largely from my father - he liked to entertain people, make people laugh.

— Morris Gleitzman

Everyone has their personal topics. My comedy has always been very strong on observational humor, it stems from what I see every day in…

— Iliza Shlesinger

In my mind, I was always a comedian who was going to branch into writing.

— Patton Oswalt

I am what I am as a writer because of Norman Lear and Spike Lee. Norman Lear in particular.

— Kenya Barris

I became a specialist at comedic one-liners.

— Lauren Hutton

I grew up fascinated with comedy and with people who could capture someone's attention.

— Wendi McLendon-Covey

The funniest thing is not who influenced me positively, but who influenced me negatively. I had such an aversion to what Busby Berkeley did;…

— Stanley Donen