Culture Quote by Cecily Strong

I think Amy Poehler and Tina Fey have done so much for women in comedy in the sense that they've normalized it. You don't…

— Tatiana Maslany

There have always been funny women. But in some ways, it takes a while for there to be women who were watching women on…

— Megan Ganz

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

— Andy Samberg

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

— Ali Wong

I feel like women in comedy have staked out space for themselves and circled the wagons in this inspiring way to say that it's…

— Lindy West

I think there have always been funny women, from Carol Burnett to Joan Rivers. When the audience sees a woman, they innately know she's…

— Wendy Liebman

I hate that there's such an emphasis on women in comedy. Are women OK? Are they just as funny as men? Yes!

— Nicole Byer

I grew up in a time when women didn't really do comedy. You had to be homely, overweight, an old maid, all that. You…

— Lily Tomlin

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

— Rebecca Front

There's definitely a difference with men and women in comedy. If you wrote a list of the last 20 comedies in the past four…

— Kristen Wiig

There aren't as many women in my industry in comedy as there should and could and hopefully will be, but it is interesting growing…

— Aisling Bea

There always have been funny women.

— Vanessa Bayer