Generation Quote by Lee Mack

I was influenced by a lot of stand-up comedians... Eddie Murphy back when he was doing 'Raw.' I watched that so many times as…

— Ray William Johnson

When I came to America, it was Dave Chappelle and a lot of comedians on ComicView. That was my first exposure to stand up…

— Jimmy O. Yang

I was brought up with TV comedians. I'll remember them till I go to my grave, all those comedians, as decadent fluff.

— Paul Morrissey

I never thought I'd be a comedian. But, growing up, I simply loved watching comedy. The '80s was huge for comedy in the US.…

— Arj Barker

Back in the fifties I was the hot, young comic on CBS and a regular on 'The Ed Sullivan Show.' I was also starring…

— Orson Bean

When I was a kid, I was a fan of comedy. I always loved Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, and Dave Letterman -…

— Will Arnett

The radio was my big influence. Comedy came from the instinctual feel I had for language.

— Dominic Chianese

I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.

— Jack Dee

When you start in the childhood period, when you begin to form a comic sense, it was the radio comedians - from the last…

— George Carlin

Because of my comedic-influence growing up, Mel Brooks, Jim Carrey, Steve Martin… A lot of Jeff comedic-influences included Charlie Chaplin and physical comedians of…

— J. Robert Spencer

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

— Patton Oswalt

George Carlin is an influence on a generation. He made me want to do comedy.

— Tracy Morgan