Grace Helbig Quotes

I really looked up to Tina Fey as a writer, and because I did have a background in writing, she is someone whose career I really did admire.

I know I was influenced by Beatrice Lillie. I must have been.

I remember when Victoria Wood started to come through, and I thought she was great, though she and I are very different in our approach.

The reason I do what I do is because I was influenced by Steve Martin, by Woody Allen, by Bob Newhart, by Carol Burnett, by Lucille Ball.

I've met Shonda Rhimes a few times, and certainly she's an inspiration for me in television.

Armando Iannucci is one of my heroes. As I was growing up, he was probably the most influential comic voice that I had.

I'm more influenced by characters than standups. I love strong, comic women because it's so hard, and I have so much respect for anyone who can do it. I'm a big fan of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and people like that.

Certainly early on, I kind of modeled myself after Steve Martin and Bill Murray. I would imitate them sometimes.

From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that's what I had to do.

When I was a kid, I was a fan of comedy. I always loved Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, and Dave Letterman - not an actor, obviously, but I'm still impressed by his wit. I wanted to emulate them because they made me laugh.

When I was young, I saw some of my heroes doing it on the telly. We're talking about Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Arthur Lowe, Ian McKellan, Kenneth Williams. These were all guys telling stories to me.

I've always been a huge fan of Tina Fey's. She's a very unique storyteller and has such a great voice and sense of character and comedy, and manages to do things that are oftentimes very broad but still have a lot of heart to them.

I think Korra, I later realized she was inspired by my sister, who is pretty tough.

One of the biggest heroes and influences of mine, especially acting and working in comedy, is Steve Coogan.

I'm not making comedy albums. That's too much effort for one joke.

Getting to work with Edie Falco and watching her be a quiet presence - but a very powerful presence - and so brilliant and free? That was the first person I saw where I was like, 'I want to emulate that.'

Maria Bamford is someone who's really inspired me in a big way.

Brenda Starr is how I learned to draw. I copied her. I admired her. She had a career.

Doing a format parody is one of my favorite things to do in comedy.

I'd decided to write about stuff that I would like to hear standup about.

I remember being captivated by Steve Coogan and Eddie Izzard and wanting to do what they did. That generation of comedians was my main influence.

Who influenced me the most? I'd have to say Lauryn Hill, I think she influenced me the most.

Coach Spurrier, without question, has been the biggest influence to me, next to my father.

The person that inspired me throughout most of my childhood was Angela Bassett.

I'm a 'Saturday Night Live' guy. I'm a comedy guy. As long as they're giving it to everyone, I don't care about how low they go, most of the time.