Ali Wong

My husband's chill.

— Ali Wong

I don't want to be that famous.

— Ali Wong

I think Asian men are beautiful.

— Ali Wong

Maternity leave is for women to hide and heal their disintegrating body.

— Ali Wong

Asian men are the sexiest. They got no body hair from the neck down.

— Ali Wong

I have a B.A. from UCLA. In ethnic studies.

— Ali Wong

I want to be like a Wendy Murdoch or a Georgina Chapman.

— Ali Wong

I think most feminists are very smart.

— Ali Wong

The more socially conscious you are, the better the work you make.

— Ali Wong

I always really loved comedy. It's the only thing I was ever good at.

— Ali Wong

The life of a true, traditional stand-up is really unappealing for women.

— Ali Wong

Women, a lot of the time, are so much funnier than men, but they just choose not to do comedy for a…

— Ali Wong

The biggest downside of L.A. is the traffic and parking tickets. They turn me into Michael Douglas in 'Falling Down.'

— Ali Wong

A lot of people like to ask me, 'Ali, how on earth do you balance family and career?' Men never get asked…

— Ali Wong

My goal is really to just make people laugh with integrity, like, with something that I still find funny.

— Ali Wong

Every comic is taught that you're supposed to have a great seven-minute set and then get a sitcom. And I don't want…

— Ali Wong

Stand-up will always be my favorite and the most important thing that I do. I view everything else as free money.

— Ali Wong

It's unfair to the hard-core stay-at-home moms to pretend you're able to have an amazing body by chasing around your kids.

— Ali Wong

I think one of the hardest things to talk about as a comic is having money because it's so unrelatable.

— Ali Wong

Having a two-year-old is very hard. I feel like I'm in a relationship with an emotionally unstable woman who is also physically…

— Ali Wong

People obsess about casting and representation, but really, all the real work is behind the camera. Casting an Asian American into a…

— Ali Wong

If you want me to perform in Silver Lake - where it looks like 'Vice' magazine threw up everywhere, where all the…

— Ali Wong

That's the difference between a great comic and a bad comic - one has great instincts and has a lot of compassion…

— Ali Wong

I liked that improv and sketch comedy were collaborative, but you really depended on other people and a stage to perform. With…

— Ali Wong

Before my dad passed away, I would miss a lot of baby showers and weddings, sacrificed a lot of family and friend…

— Ali Wong

Mothering is just so different now from the way it was before. Especially with my mom. She was like the anti-helicopter mom.…

— Ali Wong

The concept of 'diversity' was this big moral 'should.' And now with the success of shows like 'Fresh Off the Boat,' 'Empire,'…

— Ali Wong

My husband and I went to Japan for our honeymoon, and you look at, like, the presentation of the food, and it's…

— Ali Wong

With my husband, I do really appreciate the fact that we - even though we're different kinds of Asian, there is a…

— Ali Wong

My dad was obviously a really quirky, unconventional Asian man who didn't care about what other people thought. When he would fight…

— Ali Wong

I've seen many female comics that a lot of people haven't heard of who are so funny, and I saw them come…

— Ali Wong

All I ever wanted to do was tell jokes for a living.

— Ali Wong

Just because you become a parent doesn't mean you grew up.

— Ali Wong

It's very rare and unusual to see a female comic perform pregnant.

— Ali Wong

You can't just be crass without being witty. Angry crass is horrible.

— Ali Wong

When you have a child, you think about your own mortality.

— Ali Wong

Stand-up is no bureaucracy. No one can tell me what to do or not to do.

— Ali Wong

I really loved being pregnant, especially because people treat you so nice.

— Ali Wong

Food is a huge source of comfort for me.

— Ali Wong

I'll tell you how I balance family and career. I have a nanny.

— Ali Wong