Jerry Lewis Quotes

Amy Poehler, Amy Sedaris - they're both genius.

My heroes were Gene Wilder, Steve Martin, and Martin Short.

There's a lot of very funny people I'd love to work with that I've never met, of course. I love Steve Martin and Jim Carrey.

Hey, I think comic actors are the best actors.

Things that make me laugh range from a wonderful stand-up like Jerry Seinfeld, Louis C.K. and Chris Rock to my son Gabe, who does great improv work. I also look backwards to the great comedic actors like Jackie Gleason, Paul Lynde and Phil Silvers.

Comedy-wise, I think Chris Elliott is one of the funniest people.

T.J. Miller and Rob Corddry and Casey Wilson, they're just great people.

Even though I do a more traditional type of being funny on television, I still know a lot of comedians and stand-ups and improv actors.

I'm a huge, huge, huge fan of Steve Carrell and Tina Fey for years.

Most of the people I know in comedy are not weird or messed up.

Class clowns become actors.

Once I realised the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.

I'd love to work with Steve Martin. I'd love to work with Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd.

I love Steve Carell and Will Ferrell - they're my heroes.

Vince Vaughn is a master improviser.

They don't make you pay for the humor. It's up and down, but they're trying to give you as many laughs as possible in 2 minutes. They are the most honest comedians ever.

Larry David makes me laugh.

It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.

You can't substitute the act of making people laugh. It's definitely something that actors like to do.

Steve Buscemi is hilarious. He's really, really good with improv.

Jim Norton and Harland Williams always make me laugh.

It's great working with Steve Carell and Jim Carrey. Those guys are really funny.

There are a lot of good actresses out there.

There are a lot of really funny guys who are very natural in what they do: Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Seth Rogen.

What makes a comedian has nothing to do with religion. Think of Red Skelton, Jimmy Durante, Jackie Gleason, who were all Catholics.