Sentence examples for funny roles from inspiring English sources

I promise not to save all the funny roles for boys.

As the two Dromios (Dromii?), Mr. Ferguson has the most ripely funny roles, in particular the visiting servant, whose horror at the romantic attentions of Adriana's kitchen maid provides the production with its delectable high point.

His Brother Christian — chanting, walking alone through the wild, beautiful countryside, convincing the other monks to face almost certain death — may be closer to the actor than his funny roles.

But this is Los Angeles, where kale is the official food, zero (as in size) is every woman's lucky number, and fat is something actors only wear in fake suits for "funny" roles.

But the brief made me look at lots of things I'd just accepted without question: the lack of female bosses (I'd had one wonderful female creative director – one!); the funny roles I'd written just for men; the fact that I dressed like a man for important meetings for fear that a skirt would lose me some credibility.

Johnny Firecloud of CraveOnline enjoyed Stritch and Alda's "wonderfully funny roles".

"It's a funny role for someone running a large company, but Matthew thinks his role is to shake things up.

His progression to blockbusters was well-orchestrated with a funny role as Chekov in JJ Abrams' thrilling reboot of the dusty sci-fi saga.

He has proven his range with his sweetly funny role on "Parks and Recreation" and his scene-stealing charm in films like "Lars and the Real Girl" and "Bright Star".

But in a funny role switch, Mom isn't quite sure how to behave, and embarrasses her daughter thoroughly: she shouts out answers, doesn't clean up after making a mess, and forgets to use her indoor voice in the library.

Bill Murray in fact has a small and very funny role in this film too, as a psychologist making a study of an Asperger's-type patient with a lopsided spatial sense and intensely acute hearing which allows him to hear all the impertinent things Murray says about him.