Acceptable Quote by Lea DeLaria

“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

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

It's very hard for a woman in comedy. It's hard for women to be bold and not care what anyone, particularly men, think. Maybe…

— Margaret Cho

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 am not sure gender ever won't be an issue in comedy, because I think that women do have different priorities in some respects.

— Jenny Eclair

Comedy is a man's art form. It pretty much came from a time, post-World War II really - the 1950s are not really known…

— Hannah Gadsby

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

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

When writing comedy, you have to have the confidence to believe that there is only one type of relationship in the world, and we…

— Steven Moffat

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

— Ali Wong

Often it's seen as empowering if you're cleverer than the men, or more aware - then you're giving the woman a great strong role.…

— Natasia Demetriou

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

— Rebecca Front