George Carlin is brilliant with words, and Johnny Winters is very creative. It's taking something common and drawing out the humor, being clever with words.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I like George Carlin's jokes. I like his humor. He's one of my heroes, and I like what he did with talking about everyday things.
George Carlin was great right up to the end of his life. But Richard Pryor was probably the best, most gifted stand-up comedian who will ever live.
Cormac McCarthy's language is perfect. He is in my view the greatest living American prose stylist.
One of my greatest inspirations for stand-up was Jonathan Winters. He was a genius. One thing about him, and also Lenny Bruce, is that they were in the tradition of the one-man show. That's why Richard Pryor was so great, and George Carlin, too. They prowled the stage, they used voices, they were really talents.
Adam Sandler is truly brilliant. He plays these goofy characters, but he is a brilliant fellow.
It's great working with Steve Carell and Jim Carrey. Those guys are really funny.
George Martin is an incredible writer.
I think of Paul Feig as the Scorsese of comedy. He's the best at what he does. I think people just trust everything that he's got to say.
Jimmy McGovern - I love his writing, and I'm a big fan of him and Alan Clarke.
I'm very confident that Nick Hornby always gets it right as a writer. He has the vernacular and passion. He is adroit and dry, and balances humor with the humanity of life.