Sarah Silverman Quotes

Annika's my role model, and I wish in the future I could be like her.

For me, comedians are like the epitome for everything great, and they terrify me. I just want to be them. I want to be like them.

Tina Fey is one of my heroes.

Woody is the guy who made me want to be a comic. I was in heaven and couldn't stop smiling because he was my idle and 29 years after seeing Take the Money and Run, I was working for him.

I would like to be someone like Steve Martin. That's the path I'd like to follow.

My heroes - people like Woody Allen - were stand-up comedians. Therefore, I always felt I should give it a go.

I would love to work with Kristin Wiig one day. I find her hilarious, and I totally idolize her.

I had all the intentions of being the next Eddie Murphy.

When I was younger, I was emulating David Letterman. David Letterman would yell out of his office window with a megaphone, and the next thing I'm doing is standing on the roof of a parking garage with a megaphone.

From very early on, I had always wanted to be a stand-up comedian. It was my passion; it was my goal. It was a world I was simply infatuated with. So, as soon as I could, I moved out to L.A. chasing after my dream.

Ellen DeGeneres is a huge influence in my life. She's one of the reasons why I wanted to do stand-up comedy. I was a big fan of her stand-up before she even came out of the closet.

I grew up practically getting into this business because of David Letterman. I wanted to do comedy-based interviews.

I remember being captivated by Steve Coogan and Eddie Izzard and wanting to do what they did. That generation of comedians was my main influence.

Larry David, he's my hero. I want to be him - I want to act like him - everything.

I just want to continue to do comedy. Comedy, I'm discovering, is my niche. It's what I'm born to do, so I would love to have my own sitcom one day in the future.

I want to be the next Gisele Bundchen . Everything she does, who she is, what she's done, she's just amazing.

I see who I want to be, in my daughter's eyes.

I started as a stand-up comedian. I wanted to be Carol Burnett when I was growing up.

I want to be just like Steph when I grow up.

I'm not very funny in real life. I used to want to be a comedian when I was 13, 14, 15, till I saw "Death Of A Salesman" with Lee J. Cobb and Mildred Dunnock.

Nobody really wants to be a stand-up, they want to get on TV.

People see me doing something so all of the guys from my walk of life feel like if he can do it, I can do it. That just keeps spreading and spreading and spreading.

I have to make good things so good comedians want to talk to me.

I'm friends with a lot of comedians, but we don't talk about material. Most comedians I know don't watch a lot of other comedy.

I became a guy who wanted to be a comedian someday, or a comic actor. The way I put it was, I'll be like Danny Kaye. He was kind of the model I had in mind.