I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it.
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The actors that inspire me are the comedians and the people able to shape-shift into different roles and into different media.
I suppose I'm most influenced by any good, commercial writer. I learn from everyone.
I was a standup comedian, which is kind of like writing and directing yourself.
A lot of critics object to what I do, but I got into comedy to make people laugh, and I've always worked hard.
It seemed to me you could do anything in comics. So I started doing my thing, which is mainly influenced by novelists, stand-up comedians, that sort of thing.
I always wanted to be a comedian, but I wasn't sure how you do that.
I never consciously do any work directly influenced from any movie, unless I'm doing a parody.
When I was on TV in the '80s, I wasn't thinking, 'There's a 10-year-old kid watching this and in 15 years, he's gonna be doing stuff that was influenced by me.' I was trying to get my five minutes together. So now that those people are comedians and they're influenced by me - it's bizarre.
I'm a writer who likes to be influenced.
I didn't become a comedian to work this hard.
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