I believe a gay person can play a straight person.

With comics, especially in the improv scene, you play the straight person and you play the punchline person.

“There’s a misconception that being a straight person can’t be fun and funny,” says Nwodim, 36, from her home in Brooklyn.

"They think I don't have a strong enough mind to be a straight person, they think I made a choice."

“For years, gay characters would die to teach a straight person a lesson or make them feel something,” Mazin says.