Comedy Quote by John Benjamin Hickey

I think there's too many gay jokes in comedy and not enough honest explorations of sexuality.

— Chris Gethard

I think there is gay comedy, because I think most gay comics are very very very in touch with that identity.

— Bowen Yang

Comedy is quite a difficult place for queers and for women.

— Margaret Cho

A lot of comedies, I think, make the wrong choice of having the straight man being this bland emotional conduit for the audience.

— Thomas Middleditch

Homophobia is a tough one. In some places it's actually very OK to be homophobic. Comedy clubs in general are very unsafe spaces for…

— Margaret Cho

By making the gay character funny and sweet but above all normal, you make a far better, longer lasting statement than you would if…

— Sue Perkins

The playing ground is so uneven, and there have been so many straight characters for such a long time, and so many gay actors…

— Stephanie Beatriz

I mean, teenage girls and their fathers don't have a lot in common, but when you add something like comedy into the mix, it…

— Stephanie Beatriz

Comedy today is not what it was years ago. It's always changing, in particular to female comics. No longer are certain subjects considered to…

— Patrick Stewart

I think it's that much harder to make a good comedy than it is straight and apparently serious.

— Guy Ritchie

The majority of people are straight, and movies, with their bigger budgets and burdensome marketing costs, will try to appeal to as many people…

— Nina Jacobson

A lot of comedies are based on the reaction shot. You have one person doing something stupid and one person is generally the straight…

— Richard Ayoade