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Richard Pryor - he had stories, he had characters, he had short jokes, and he had bits. He had all those things. Eddie Murphy…

— Charlie Murphy

Normally, I name my characters after famous comedians.

— Paula Danziger

I do a lot of Vegas work and work with the comedians.

— Ben E. King

I would say, up until 'Anchorman,' I wasn't any kind of household name or anything, but I wasn't necessarily identified as much with being…

— Paul Rudd

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

— Joseph Bologna

I was an actor before becoming a comedian.

— Shelley Berman

Before I even knew what stand up was, I tried to make people laugh at school because that was how I made friends, so…

— Bill Burr

When I lived in Las Vegas, I was meeting everybody: Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Engelbert Humperdinck, Tom Jones - we won't…

— Cassandra Peterson

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

— Ed O'Neill

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

I loved smart and fearless comedians like Joan Rivers and Don Rickles. When they started out, what they did wasn't always socially accepted, but…

— Roy Haylock

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