Bright future Quote by Steve Kornacki

I was considered by my peers to be a good comedian. So that's all I ever strived to do was get some recognition from…

— Ron White

I was immediately into all the great movie comedians - Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder. Everything those guys had anything to…

— Doug Benson

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

In terms of comedians, I loved, growing up, Jonathan Winters, Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason, Phil Silvers, Carol Burnett, all those people.

— Ed O'Neill

Growing up as a comedian the most influential person on me was Jon Stewart. He showed that comedy could have a real tangible effect…

— Adam Conover

My favorite comedians were Jimmy Durante, George Burns, senior citizens.

— Joseph Bologna

I was always funny, but I wasn't a great musician, and I wanted to be a musician way more than I wanted to be…

— Greg Behrendt

I think when I was young, let's call it high school, and even before that, I just loved comedy, and I loved comedians. I…

— Steve Martin

I listened to my first comedy album in 6th grade. It was Bill Cosby. My brother and I would play it over and over…

— Felipe Esparza

The comedians I liked were Bill Cosby and Steven Wright, like just always as a comedic actor. I always liked Gary Larson, who's really…

— Demetri Martin

My mother was the one who totally got behind me as far as, do things and ask questions later. My father would say, "I…

— Andrew Dice Clay

I've always thought of myself as an African-American comedian, African-American man, everything.

— Jordan Peele