Being funny Quote by Ant McPartlin

Well, anybody can be a straight man if he hears well. You just have to wait for laughs. A straight man just repeats the…

— George Burns

I'm usually not the straight guy. I'm sometimes more the funny guy, depending on the situation.

— John Kapelos

You can give a guy a funny line, but you can't make him say it funny.

— Brad Garrett

You can get away with saying much more with humor than you can with a straight face

— Sherry Argov

With the stand-up comic on TV, whether it's Seinfeld or Cosby or Roseanne, more important than their knowledge of how to tell a joke…

— Bob Newhart

If you have a character that doesn't have anything wrong with him, there's nothing funny about it. The idea of the straight man is…

— Will Arnett

It is hard to keep a straight face during comedy scenes. It's considered really bad form to laugh at someone else because you can…

— Ben Miller

Let's face it: It's difficult enough to be funny without worrying about what is going to offend whom.

— Alan King

If you try to deliver a funny line in a funny way, it comes out as wacky and you ruin the scene.

— Bill Burr

I don't care if I'm funny. I just want people to believe I'm that guy.

— Jim Piddock

Comedy needs to happen naturally and be in touch with the character. When you see that guy in your office that everybody laughs at,…

— Terry Crews

Saying gay people shouldn't be the punchline is basically saying don't make people the punch line, which I think is ridiculous. The whole point…

— Billy Eichner