Comedy Quote by Norman Lear

We all [Ed Simmons,Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis] started together, so there were no rules - anything we wrote became television.

— Norman Lear

I started by writing, with my partner Ed Simmons, a monologue for Danny Thomas, that he performed at Ciro's nightclub in Los Angeles.

— Norman Lear

I was a standup comedian, which is kind of like writing and directing yourself.

— Paul Feig

I was an actor before becoming a comedian.

— Shelley Berman

I always felt that it was easier to take a funny person and teach them to write television than to take somebody who was…

— Roseanne Barr

All the people I looked up to - Roseanne, Tim Allen, and Jerry Seinfeld - were stand-up comedians who used humor to get TV…

— Retta

I've virtually grown up in the television industry.

— Jennifer Winget

I'm not a child star, but you could say that I've grown up on TV. I went from being an unknown, down-and-out comic from…

— Tracy Morgan

I bet I'm the only person in history who went from being the star of a sitcom to the host of a public-access show…

— Chris Gethard

I first wanted to be a comedian when I was six or seven and my dad showed me Laurel and Hardy's "Perfect Day" on…

— Will Smith

I came from a very different sort of background and pedigree from the people who were on "The Daily Show". I was an actor.…

— Aasif Mandvi

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