Aggressive Quote by Ellen DeGeneres

It's not hard to be a woman in comedy as long as you're also a writer. You have to create your opportunity.

— Kristen Schaal

Comedy is one of the few places in entertainment at present where it's good for women to be, as no one is telling you…

— Roisin Conaty

Comedy is quite a difficult place for queers and for women.

— Margaret Cho

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

— Ali Wong

Comedy today is not what it was years ago. It's always changing, in particular to female comics. No longer are certain subjects considered to…

— Patrick Stewart

I think the world of comedy is a relatively small community, and especially for women in comedy, there just aren't that many people involved.

— Ari Graynor

The more women sit down and write something in a woman's voice for a woman, they more you'll see women in comedy because gender…

— Kristen Schaal

Women comedy is different than men comedy. Guy comedy is very aggressive, it's about insulting each other, name-calling, and kind of busting each other's…

— Paul Feig

Comedy in the past hasn't spoken to women because it wasn't written by women, and male writers don't make women three-dimensional characters. Too often,…

— Michaela Coel

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

Comedy is just one of the many professions that women are taking over.

— Natasha Leggero