Comedy Setup Quotes

The straight man has the best part. He gets to be in the show and see it, too.

People say: 'Why do you want to play the straight man?' Well, it's because he gets to be in every scene.

Acting in a sitcom or a comedy movie is like a comedy routine with the setups.

A comic, you have to be looking down at him. My favorite rooms, the audience is above the stage, stadium-style.

I always say, 'If you can't give a reason for the banana peel being in the alley, then don't have the comic slide over it.' Do you understand what I mean? First explain how the banana peel got there quickly. And then there's a reason for all the comedy.

A lot of the jokes had some build-up to some nasty stuff. But most of it was all character situations leading to what the ultimate payoff would be for that character.

A lot of comedy clubs are set up with people sitting at little tables and you have everything from the way they are seated to them ordering or taking a sip of a drink, these can make a comedian go harder and faster in a club.