College Quote by Mike Birbiglia

When I did 'The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien,' Conan came to my dressing room after and was like, 'Man, that was great.' Then…

— Deon Cole

I really loved 'Late Night With Conan O'Brien.' That was very informative to me. I love that it was in conversation with his more…

— Julio Torres

I had the pleasure of working for 'The Late Show' with O'Brien when I was an NBC page at 30 Rockefeller Center, and it…

— Ashlan Gorse Cousteau

When I went off to college in 1997, I didn't go back and watch 'Conan.' I was out partying and dating women.

— Jason Momoa

A lot of people don't know, I had the 'Angie Tribeca' show before I had 'Black-ish.' I went over to 'Black-ish' just to write.…

— Deon Cole

I started on 'Saturday Night Live' the same time Conan started on Late Night. We just had a relationship because I would be upstairs…

— Norm MacDonald

I had started writing for 'Sports Illustrated,' which was really my dream job growing up. But the writing probably read like I was auditioning…

— Steve Rushin

I wrote comedy sketches in college.

— Ellie Kemper

I can apply myself to the format of 'SNL,' I can apply myself to the format of 'Conan,' but at the same time, I'm…

— J. B. Smoove

I grew up practically getting into this business because of David Letterman. I wanted to do comedy-based interviews.

— Tom Green

In college, I got an internship at my local station in Honolulu one summer, and I just fell in love with broadcast news, reporting,…

— Emily Chang

Early on in my career, I was often the only woman in the room, writing for shows like 'Late Night with David Letterman,' 'The…

— Nell Scovell