Become Quote by Sarah Michelle Gellar

“Tell me about last night so I can live vicariously through you for a minute before I go back to watching reruns of Buffy."…

— Barbie Bohrman

I once read that in vaudeville, it was often the straight guy who got paid more than the comic because that's the tougher job.…

— Michael Dirda

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

There's a sense of spontaneity, and no emphasis on jokes in this show. People generally talk the way they talk in life if you…

— Larry David

When someone who is known for being comedic does something straight, it's always "a big breakthrough" or a "radical departure." Why is is no…

— Carol Burnett

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

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

— Chris Gethard

When people come in to act on the show, we say, "Just be extremely dry and not funny. Let the idea be the joke."…

— Tim Heidecker

What's interesting about Laurel and Hardy is that in most comedy teams, there's a straight man, and then there's the funny guy. And with…

— Christopher Guest

Every sitcom needs their straight man or straight woman.

— Aarti Mann

There are a lot of comedic actors who are just out to be the funny one and get all the laughs and they'll sacrifice…

— Jake M. Johnson

Because comedy is cheap to put on: if you've got a play or an opera, there's a whole load of people and a set,…

— Arthur Smith