Ed Helms Quotes

The Daily Show writers are incredibly smart and very well plugged-in but occasionally they would need me for certain specific things, and I'd be like, 'Yeah, I completely know how to do that; I can solve that problem,and then I'd be like, 'Mom?

I was a fan of "The Daily Show" I watched it,I never imagined being on it, but I figured I would just go down there and do my best Stephen Colbert impression.

I could take over as host of The Daily Show for Jon Stewart and make that thing actually watchable.

I love watching reality TV, but being part of making it was just demoralizing.

I never really thought I had much to add to the conversation that was occurring at 'MADtv.' I didn't know what I would do on the show. But I showed up, and I was surprised - it was fun to work on. Everybody there was really nice, and they seemed to be interested in my contributions.

'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was a huge influence on me as a kid. It looked like a really fun job.

Being an executive producer allows me the opportunity to create original content, and I can't wait to show my fans what we have in store on 'Kocktails with Khloe.'

I've started a company, called Tall Girl Productions, and we've got our first project that is purely producing, not writing, with a writer named Evan Daugherty. It's for NBC, it's called 'Afterthought,' and it's science fiction-ish. That's fun.

I watched 'The Neighbors' when it first came on, and I thought it was hysterical. And every time I think something just tickles my funny bone, I call my agent and say, 'You know, I like this show. If they're ever looking for somebody, I'd like to work with them.'

When you're making TV, the last thing you want to do is watch TV. It's too much.

Amy Rapp, my producing partner, and I are drawn to character-driven material. We're developing and producing movies and TV, fiction and non-fiction, studio and independent, broadcast and cable, theatre, and web so our slate is really diverse.

I love TV. I think I'd do a half-hour single-camera comedy.

I mean, sitcoms shouldn't be doing 'Saturday Night Live.' You can't just do bit after bit after bit. You have to string it together with tight writing and performances. Hollywood seems to have forgotten how to do this.

In television, a sitcom is probably the closest thing to what it's like working in the theater.

It's actually much harder to develop a TV show than I had anticipated.

I am currently talking to one of the studios about making American Star as a TV series.

My experience tells me that any time you hear people laughing on a sitcom, it's the writers who happen to be closest to the microphones - not the audience.

I loved doing 'Frisky Business.' I didn't come up with it. I think John Oliver and the writers did.

Even though I was playing myself on 'NCIS,' it was so cool to see how everything works behind a camera.

That's the thing about 'The Daily Show' - we're doing four shows a week, so we can't be too precious about what's going on.

I'm interested in producing more TV shows.

I'd love to set up shop somewhere and develop projects - film, TV, digital would be a fun thing to do.

I'm an 'SNL' junkie, and being backstage and seeing how it works behind the curtain for a couple days was something I'll never forget.

Apart from my film, I am producing TV serials and plan to make more films, too. Mine is not going to be one-film-a-year production company as such.

Career wise, I think the dream for many of us is some kind of late night type of show. Something where you're allowed to be funny and you get to write, you have guests and you get to do silly skits. That is my ultimate, bucket list career moment.