Quotes About Influence

The name of my first comedy album was 'Raised by Cable.' Coming up and watching all of these weird movies on different channels was such an influence on me and an influence on how I do standup. It informs everything I do.

I'm a big fan of Louis CK - I think he's a master of standup.

Stanford did a lot for me, and I've always felt indebted. It was a lenient and productive environment.

There's been a lot of coaches, a lot of guys at Stanford, a lot of guys at my high school. A lot of guys in the NBA. Bill Cartwright comes to mind, a lot of people I've learned from.

I've had a lot of coaches at my high school and at Stanford and in the NBA who helped me. Bill Cartwright comes to mind.

My sporting heroes were Ken Jones, Stanley Matthews, and Cliff Morgan.

Working on '2001' was my film school. Stanley Kubrick was my mentor.

I don't listen to the radio too much, but usually I listen to Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley more than I do anybody!

When I was very young, I didn't really write my own material. I just memorized other peoples' jokes. Established comics, like Stanley Myron Handelman and people like that. And then, for every comic, you develop your own style after a while.

I like David Lynch; I like Stanley Kubrick. I'm a big fan of Kubrick.

Really, what I'm doing is an attempt to continue the best work of the people I adore: Francis Coppola and Scorsese and Robert Altman and Stanley Kubrick and those amazing directors whose work I grew up with and loved.

I used to hold Stanley Kubrick film festivals at my house in high school. These are not cool things.

I love Stanley Clark. I love George Duke and Stanley Clark.

You were cool if you had on a pair of Air Force 1s. It's still a staple for me while on tour.

I honed in on a great time, the Motown era, the '60s and '70s. That type of music has always been a staple in my life.

No publication is a staple of life. It's not bread and water. You have to make it noteworthy in people's minds and even in their hands as they're holding it.

Oh, man, I love the Staple Singers. I love Pop Staples' guitar playing, too. He's one of my favorite guitar players.

I'm a 90s child and I have grown up on a staple diet of David Dhawan films, Baazigar, Rangeela and Dil Chahta Hai.

Women in country music have always been a staple and always been important.

More than anybody in the music industry, the Staple Singers were like family to me.

I grew up on a staple of films where I saw actors like Waheeda Rehman, Smita Patil, Shabana Azmi, Madhuri Dixit, Sridevi playing very powerful parts in films.

Pick a flower on Earth and you move the farthest star.

Being a star comes with not just fame and fortune, but with awareness and responsibility.

You can be known or be a star from anywhere - anywhere in the world.