Don’t open with a joke
“It is the most horrible thing,” Daily Show host Trevor Noah, who’s dating model Jordyn Taylor, told PEOPLE Now. “Jokes require context. Without context, you’re just some random person who came and told someone they fell from [heaven] or some randomness, and if you mess it up you look worse and it seems like an insult. No humor! Just say hello. That’s it!”
Get Physically closer
“I always used to pull the, ‘I’m tired’ thing and put my head on a guy’s shoulder,” Pretty Little Liars star Shay Mitchell revealed. “It is so cheesy, but that’s how she got to put her head on his shoulder! You just have to have fun with it!”
Get straight to the point
Hey, it worked for John Krasinski! The Office alumnus recounted the first time he met wife Emily Blunt during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, telling the host: “I met her and I was so nervous. I was like, ‘Oh god, I think I’m going to fall in love with her.’ As I shook her hand I went, ‘I like you.’ ” They tied the knot in 2010 and are parents to daughters Hazel and Violet.
Don’t play games
Those with a penchant for mind games, Chris Pratt is talking to you: “The truth is that any amount of trickery or wearing cool shirts with rad designs or using pick-up lines, or any of this bulls— like trying to neg girls, isn’t going to matter. It won’t pay off when she realizes that you’re full of s–t.”