Outside of his loving family, I'm sure that Andy Griffith was Don Knotts' greatest fan.
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Don Knotts was a really big influence, especially on the Steve Allen show. I mean, look at the guy, his entire life is in his face.
One of my great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife.
You know, when they called me about the role, I thought Knots Landing was a show about a houseboat with Andy Griffith!
Maybe I have an affinity for Andy Griffith because we both grew up in North Carolina.
I've always been a fan of Andy Kaufman.
I developed a theory that, in many ways, the early 'Andy Griffith' episodes especially were an awful lot like a Capra movie. They were a lot like 'Mr. Deeds' or a lot like 'It's a Wonderful Life' in tone and presentation.
You can't TV surf without coming across an Andy of Mayberry episode where you've just got to watch Don as Barney. That's why I put Don in several of my movies.
You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' - the variety of characters was so amazing to me.
My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.
I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.
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