Sandra Oh Quotes

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 loved 'The Carol Burnett Show' - I thought she was the funniest lady I'd ever seen.

As a kid, I always wanted to be Carol Burnett or Johnny Carson. I love to chat and entertain.

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.

John Belushi made me want to be an actor.

Well, I'm old enough to remember Carol Burnett, and I would love a variety show type of thing.

As a kid, I was always inspired by the comedy of Carol Burnett. I loved Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon's 'Mama's Family'.

I've always liked and appreciated storytellers like Garry Shandling and Bill Cosby - more long-form comedy. So starting in San Francisco, watching all these great comics - Patton Oswalt, Dave Chappelle - you get to see them a bunch, and you go, 'Wow, this is where I need to be.'

The nature of 'SNL' is that it's so in-the-moment.

The first 'Saturday Night Live' season I was heavily interested in was the one with Martin Short, Billy Crystal, and Christopher Guest. There was just something about Martin Short in particular. I really related to him and hung on his every word and mannerism, so I started impersonating all of his characters as an 8th grader.

I wasn't really qualified to be on Saturday Night Live - I'm not like an impressionist or anything.

Will Ferrell makes me laugh a lot when he gets out there and gets crazy.

Cabaret is a great format. All you have to do is sing and be funny sporadically.

I can do a little bit of comedy. I can be in an in-between place, where I can do a little bit.

What would be a show that I would rescue? If I could bring anything back, it would be 'The Carol Burnett Show'. Tim Conway is just... I just watched him so many times do stuff over and over. He's just so amazing.

I tend to think that there is a sophistication to everything at 'Saturday Night Live,' including the sketches.

'Saturday Night Live' is a show that I think I could have a lot of fun on, just being different characters and maybe singing, too.

I don't know what Tracy Morgan does onstage, but I can assure you, it's no act.

Eddie Murphy was my guy for a long time. My first exposure to 'SNL' was his 'Best Of' VHS, and I would watch it over and over again. He was one of the few people on the show to play with the live elements and engage with the audience.

I enjoy getting to work on 'Saturday Night Live', where I get to do people like David Paterson. And then, its like a different muscle to do someone like a bicycle guy on' Portlandia'.

There was a time... when people didn't go out of their house on Tuesday night at eight o'clock because Milton Berle was on.

At the end of Season Four of 'Mr. Show,' instead of doing another season, everyone just thought they wanted to go and do a movie. Kind of like Monty Python. Monty Python went right into 'And Now For Something Completely Different,' and everyone kind of compared 'Mr. Show' to Monty Python.

I'm not an improv guy.

It's nice when I get offered small parts. But I really think that 'SNL' is what my skill set is best designed for.

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.