Briga Heelan Quotes

The current Babe Ruth of improv? Sacha Baron Cohen. He's pretty amazing.

Martin Lawrence is one of my comedic heroes, and he's a genius.

What I really want to do is comedy. I would love to do some guest star spots on some single-camera comedies.

Carol Burnett probably had the biggest influence on me as kid. Although I was very young and watched her a lot in reruns, I was mesmerized by the way she transformed, by her physical comedy and the rolling laughter from the live studio audience. I loved her most as Scarlett O'Hara and her well known Cleaning Lady character.

I never get to be funny on T.V.

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

Simon Pegg is terribly talented, very funny, such a delicious sense of humour.

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

Madeline Kahn is one of my favourite people in the entire world and one of the funniest. She was a talented Broadway star and also sang opera.

I'd like to see 'French and Saunders' back. They were hugely influential for me. They make me laugh so much; even their breathing makes me laugh.

I remember on 'Dr. Katz,' there was no script really at all. There were just scene outlines.

I was always silly in high school. I used to always get in trouble because I was laughing. I've always thought I was funny but never thought I could use it to make money. In 1996, I decided I was going to use my humor to get on TV to make money.

I've been a big fan of Michael Showalter's for a long time. I watched 'Stella' growing up.

John Belushi made me want to be an actor.

I grew up in a time where on things like 'The Red Skeleton Show' or even to a certain extent on 'The Carol Burnett Show,' people wrote in the breakouts or ad-libs. They were scripted to look spontaneous. So I always had a dislike of that kind of thing.

My passion is more specific, in the sense that I've always liked doing comedy. I've always liked doing music. I like acting. And apparently, you need those things in movies.

I had done some small-sketch stuff in college, and at that time, Tina Fey was becoming a heavy influence on my life and my world. I decided I wanted to do what she was doing.

Peter Sellers is my great comedy hero.

I was very young when 'The Carol Burnett Show' came out, but that kind of comedy and the spontaneity of her, I think it really deeply affected me within just the joy of performance.

I did years of summer stock. I sort of only wanted to be an actor. And then at 19, I was funny, and I had some of these bits that I did for friends, and I immediately could get on television.

I always loved comedy growing up - Bob Hope, Red Skelton and Danny Kaye.

How to do half-hour comedy innovatively is something I do pride myself on. We invented it with 'I Love Lucy.'

Everything on 'Broad City' that my character has drawn is my stuff from years and years ago.

I have gotten a couple of letters meant for Mr. Bean aka Rowan Atkinson. These letters would say things like, 'You're so funny, you make me laugh, with your big rubbery face,' and I would say, 'You can't mean me!'

John Cleese was my personal favorite because he played my husband for a whole season - and Minnie Driver. We almost had our own, like, show all living in a house together. And Gene Wilder was just so dear.