Women Funny Quotes

24 quotes from 22 authors

Women have been dismissed as less funny, yet these twenty‑four quotes smash that myth, showing humor is gender‑blind when talent shines. From Amy Schumer’s punchlines to voices on stage, the collection proves laughter knows no barrier. If you want more, check Comedy & Gender or Media Representation for deeper insight.

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Women have been funny for years.

Beth Behrs

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It's such a lie that women go for funny men.

Michael McIntyre

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Women are funny; they're really funny.

Lou Sanders

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Society is really coming to a point where they're not asking if women can be funny anymore. We all know they obviously…

Lauren Lapkus

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Since there have been men and women, there have been funny women.

Andy Samberg

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Maybe pretty women were always funny but only now decided to go into comedy,

Patricia Marx

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I think there's still a feeling within society, entertainment aside, that women are less funny than men.

Zawe Ashton

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To me, I've never understood why there is any question about are women as funny as men.

Judd Apatow

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There were people asking 'Can women be funny?' People still ask that. It's like asking: 'Can women breathe in and out?'

Julie Walters

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Women are very funny. Some of the funniest people I can think of are women.

Rachel Bloom

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Intellectually, I think everyone really knows that women are funny, but it's a weird thing that people keep trotting out.

Bonnie McFarlane

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It’s crazy. Since there have been men and women, there have been funny women... f**king idiot-ass men keep saying that women aren't…

Andy Samberg

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Why are men impersonating women funny while women impersonating men are not? It is a matter of gravity. A heavy thing trying…

Arlene Croce

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When I first started doing press interviews, the big question was, 'Do you think women are funny?' People would ask you that…

Matt Walsh

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Oh all the time when Victoria Wood and I did our series. There were people asking 'Can women be funny?' People still…

Julie Walters

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Why didn’t you talk about whether women are funny or not? I just felt that by commenting on that in any real…

Mindy Kaling

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Women have always been funny. I got asked so many times in interviews when I was younger, 'Can women be funny?' And…

Rebecca Front

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When you're a woman, you have to work harder to get a laugh... I follow so many hilarious women on Twitter. It's…

Rainbow Rowell

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What's special with 'Corrie' is that they have the comedy element, women are funny as well - they might do the emotional…

Michelle Keegan

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I think women have always been funny. But when Tina Fey became head writer at 'Saturday Night Live,' the culture shifted, and…

Cecily Strong

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“but was this funny? was this funny? was this funny? why was this funny? why was Sugar Kane funny? why were men…

Joyce Carol Oates

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I think most Black women are funny. Whether we get credit or not, we just are; we're hilarious.

Janelle James

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Funny is funny. If it's funny enough to women, it will be funny to men. I think that's been proven by Broad…

Nikki Glaser

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As a five-year-old in Berlin in 1965, I didn't know that funny women existed. It wasn't until I got back to England…

Jenny Eclair

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