Romesh Ranganathan Quotes

You know, I think British comedy is very smart comedy. You don't get too much dumb comedy over here. Or at least I haven't seen it. If I'm wrong about that, I apologize to all the dumb comedy makers over here.

I like Louis C.K., Chris Rock. Old schools like Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy.

My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.

I've always loved American stand-up. Richard Pryor is one of the main reasons I got into stand-up. After Pryor, I made my way through the other great American comics, then finally got into the British ones over here.

My influences were Peter Sellers and the great British character actors.

I think Canadian humor is a little less broad than American humor.

Ever since I was a kid, I just loved those comedians on TV who would just have fun with the language.

I'm such a comedy fan that I just love laughing and so admire comedians who have brought me joy.

I do more comedy, actually. I don't do the classic novelas.

Hey, I think comic actors are the best actors.

In real life, comedians aren't funny.

I like dark comedies. That's why I like the Wayans Brothers.

I was greatly influenced by 'The Goons' and 'Monty Python' reconstituting what comedy was - it could come from a funny word, not just a set up and a pay-off. I liked the zaniness; they were satirical, slightly saucy and very literary in their references.

They don't make you pay for the humor. It's up and down, but they're trying to give you as many laughs as possible in 2 minutes. They are the most honest comedians ever.

My ultimate is Peter Sellers - his ability to go broad and somehow humanize that and be hilarious at the same time. He was just relatable, real at the same time as insane. I find Ricky Gervais absolutely hilarious. Steve Martin is another hero of mine - he's a genius.

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.

The funny thing is, Dennis Miller got me back into comedy.

I had seen movies before that that had made me laugh, but I had never seen anything even remotely close to as funny as Richard Pryor was, just standing there talking.

Certainly early on, I kind of modeled myself after Steve Martin and Bill Murray. I would imitate them sometimes.

The comedy I like the best is comedy I can't do, stuff that doesn't touch my arena.

I've always just been attracted to comedy.

I can't imagine getting bored with comedy or thinking comedy is beneath us suddenly.

As a comedian, I'm always quoting 'Caddyshack' and 'Dumb and Dumber.'

I'm not the comic innovator that Bill Murray and Eddie Murphy are. I can't just come out with an incredible line.

When I was a kid, I was a fan of comedy. I always loved Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, and Dave Letterman - not an actor, obviously, but I'm still impressed by his wit. I wanted to emulate them because they made me laugh.