Comedy Quote by Jenny Eclair

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

Comedy is still sexist. There is still this sense that women can't be trusted to be funny.

— Rebecca Front

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

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

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

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

“Maybe we women gravitate toward comedy because it is a socially acceptable way to break rules and a release from our daily life.”

— Tina Fey

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

I definitely relate so much to a lot of women in comedy, but I don't love segregating the genders. I'm just as influenced by…

— Abbi Jacobson

Comedy has so much to do with honesty, and women can be more open about their emotions.

— Ali Wong

There are some professions that culturally and sociologically take a long time to change, and because of that, there's still sexism in comedy audiences.…

— Miranda Hart

There's a general sense that women are more relaxed and less defensive in comedy than they used to be. I think it's easier than…

— Jo Brand