Timothy Simons Quotes

I don't know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.

David Letterman is the best late-night talk show host right now, hands down, and has been since he first took the desk.

One of my favorite guys when I was young... I've always loved Bill Cosby. I've always wanted to direct him in something.

I went and saw Letterman when I was 15, and that had a profound impact on me.

As a kid, Punky Brewster was my idol. I wanted to dress like her and talk like her.

I remember once, years ago, I met Sting, and he told me that he had seen 'Spinal Tap' 50 times. He said: 'Every time I watch it, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.'

I gave up my base in popular culture when I left the Tonight Show.

I'm a big Letterman fan.

Jay Leno is wonderful and a good friend, but it will always be the Carson show to a lot of people.

My talk show takes place in bed, in Italy.

I've always been a fan of a Johnny Carson because he was so great with an audience and not afraid of self-deprecating humor.

I was always a fan of Groucho Marx as a kid.

CBS is proud to have been the home of David Letterman since 1993. He is truly one of the great talents of our time, and we hope things work out.

Well, I was obsessed with Judy Garland growing up. Like, obsessed.

I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'

I've never been a TV junkie. I remember watching Letterman way back when he had a morning show.

Audience response to The Man From U.N.C.L.E. back in the '60s - well, I was frankly surprised by the show's success and the attendant publicity for David and myself.

I met Will Smith twice. I didn't talk to him for too long but I was trying to let him know that my age group grew up watching him - he was the coolest guy on television and the coolest guy in movies.

I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'

I was a huge fan of Steve Martin, as everyone I knew in comedy was.

Honestly, if it wasn't for 'Beetlejuice,' where would I be? That movie was a big thing for me.

Johnny Carson was king of the kings, in my opinion.

I watched 'Who' with a mixture of affection and exasperation through the eighties, always ready to cheer on the Doctor but seldom feeling that the series was playing to its strengths. Some of the adventures, revisited on DVD, turn out to be better than I remembered - others just as infuriating.

I only wrote two fan letters in my life. One was to Bette Davis. And one was to Ron Palillo, who played Horshack on 'Welcome Back, Kotter.' And Ron did not write me back, but Bette Davis did.

Good Charlotte I look up to in so many ways.