Chicago Quote by Thomas Middleditch

Everybody that you can think of that does comedy, I have met or worked with almost all of them.

— Cameron Esposito

Richard Pryor introduced me to the world of the inner city, and the urban world, and did it hysterically. My favorite comedian, even though…

— Bob Newhart

I grew up watching 'Big Train,' these collectives of comedians who knew each other, and as a comedy fan you knew who was going…

— Natasia Demetriou

Matt Bomer and I went to Carnegie Mellon for drama together.

— Joe Manganiello

When my wife left me, in real life, T. J. Miller was like, 'I'm shooting a movie in Pittsburgh. I'll fly you out and…

— Pete Holmes

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

— Retta

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

Working with David Gordon Green, and Jonah Hill, and Michael Cera, and Drew Barrymore, and all of those people - those are the best…

— Ari Graynor

It's funny, because I was trained as a dramatic actor at New York's Colonnades Theater Lab in the '70s, along with Jeff Goldblum, Danny…

— Peter Scolari

I did standup comedy. I opened once for Jay Leno.

— Alan Colmes

The first time I met Garry Shandling was my audition for 'The Larry Sanders Show,' with Garry and his casting director Francine Maisler. I…

— Jeffrey Tambor

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