--- description: He's one of TIME's 100 most influential people in the world for 2014, but the host of "Late Night" manages to keep it all in perspective title: Watch What Seth Meyers Thinks About Influential People (Like Himself) image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [TIME 100 Gala](/tag/time-100-gala/) ## TIME 100 Gala Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Seth Meyers Is Officially Influential by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 30, 2014 3:43 PM CUT by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 30, 2014 3:43 PM CUT Fellow _Saturday Night Live_ alum Amy Poehler describes Seth Meyers as “the best listener on television” whose biggest talent is “the delight he takes in helping others look good.” But as comedic headliner for this year’s TIME 100 Gala in New York City, Meyers had plenty to say about what it means to be on [the list](http://time.com/time100-2014/ "undefined") and served up good-natured gibes at some of the other 99 “most influential.” Watch him console former TIME 100 designees for no longer being influential and remember what it was like to be a young comedian, hanging out in Amsterdam with [Jordan Peele](http://time.com/71000/keegan-michael-key-and-jordan-peele-2014-time-100/ "undefined"), contemplating the likelihood that they would someday be “influential.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/82139/seth-meyers-is-officially-influential/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/82139/seth-meyers-is-officially-influential/"},"headline":"Seth Meyers Is Officially Influential","datePublished":"2014-04-30T15:43:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:34:27.873Z","description":"The host of Late Night puts it all into perspective","url":"https://time.com/82139/seth-meyers-is-officially-influential/","keywords":["TIME 100 Gala","Seth Meyers","Late Night","Comedy","SNL","Influence","jokes"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-100-gala/","name":"TIME 100 Gala"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/82139/seth-meyers-is-officially-influential/","name":"Seth Meyers Is Officially Influential"}}]}] ```