Asrani Quotes

Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.

In Bollywood, I think Boman Irani and Vinay Pathak are unbelievably good at comedy.

I'm an old school cat. I'm a fan of Richard Pryor and also Redd Foxx.

I love getting on You Tube to look at the old comics. I am in my element seeing guys like Jack Benny and Phil Silvers give interviews.

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

I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.

I had been an abject fan of Martin and Lewis when I was a kid. I just thought they were terribly funny. None of their movies captured the kind of chemistry they really had.

I've always looked up to Amy Poehler and, obviously, people like Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell, Mel Brooks, and the 'Monty Python' guys.

I saw 'A Night at the Opera,' this Marx Brothers film, when I was, like, six years old. I just became obsessed, you know?

'What About Bob' is my all-time favorite, and I think I've always been prone to comedy.

I grew up watching comedy. It was among all the geeky things that I did.

We all grew up with Chevy Chase and Bill Murray.

I grew up watching stuff with Jim Carey, Robin Williams and Sandra Bullock in them. I've always been attracted to the actors who are a little more off beat.

We love the Stooges, and young kids today don't watch them. They think it's their dad's comedy. So we thought we could reintroduce them to a new audience.

At the end of the day, I want to be part of the same conversation as Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle, Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor.

I was raised with 'Laurel and Hardy' and 'I Love Lucy' and Jerry Lewis, and I just loved it. And I had a friend in high school and we would just laugh all day and put on skits. You know, it's the Andy Kaufman thing or the Marty Short thing where you're performing in your bedroom for yourself.

We were big Saturday Night Live and Eddie Murphy fans.

I've always thought those guys are really funny. And I love Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin and Mary.

One of my favorite films is 'Dumb and Dumber.' I'd love to do some really silly comedy someday.

My favorite TV show ever is 'Boy Meets World,' and my favorite movie is 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off.'

I just think it's fun to remind people that good television has exited and it can exist again and just to give them pleasure and enjoy it and make them laugh.

I always was trying to make people laugh as a kid. I was a big fan of Carol Burnett and Gilda Radner. I watched them and I remember feeling as a child, when I heard the laughter they got, a little jealous that they made someone laugh like that.

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.

I love the Smothers Brothers.

I love mustaches with all my heart. There's just something about sketch comedy and mustaches.