Joe Root Quotes

It was an old cricket coach who started calling me Fred - as in Flintstone. There are far worse things to be called in the dressing room.

A roast is like a get-together where people come down and talk about you and dog you out, the way you came up, the knucklehead things that you did, stuff like that.

Sometimes you say things with a smile with the precise intention of making it clear that you are not being serious, and are only kidding. If I salute a friend with a smile and say, 'How are you, you old scoundrel!' clearly I don't really mean he's a scoundrel.

When you know someone you can make a little more fun of them without them getting offended.

If you were on the phone with me and Tommy right now, we would probably forget you were there, we'd just be cracking jokes. It's like Beavis and Butthead.

People are roasting each other at parties, at work events, around the fire. It's so fun. People are busting each other's chops, and it's a sign of affection, truly. It's a true test of love and friendship: can you make a man laugh at himself? So what makes a good burn? Go after targets you love and respect. And hit 'em hard.

Laugh at your friends, and if your friends are sore; So much the better, you may laugh the more.

Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud.

I like joking around and being a little mischievous. Once an audience or even a group of friends realizes that you're being benevolent about it, then they're along for the ride.

If we became buddies, obviously I'd start throwing some cracks at Him.

I usually joke around, especially on set.

I'm joking all the time with my friends, even when we're talking about serious things.

I'm always teasing and clowning around and laughing and in the locker room I tend to always have something to say.

I'm the one who is always bantering. Millie Bright and Rach Daly are pretty bad. Jill Scott is up there, too, but I'm probably the one who initiates it all, and people come back at me.

Diego Costa is the one who plays around a lot, who jokes a lot in the dressing room. It's just his way, joking around with all of us, every hour of every day.

Simon Cowell and I are great friends, and we wind each other up. Rod Stewart and I do the same thing.

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.

My success comes in making fun of whatever you're doing. That's my way.

Even on the most serious ballads, I'll throw in a tongue-in-cheek remark.

At this point, we've ripped on everyone.

I don't mind being the brunt of a joke, so long as it's a good one.

We give each other a hard time, but no pranks.

I don't mean to be funny.

I like a girl who does not take me seriously, you know? It's important to be able to laugh at each other.

Since the very beginning, Emeril's had a sense of humor about me calling him names and poking fun at him.