Black women Quote by Lolly Adefope

Honestly, I had a very realistic, probably pessimistic outlook at the beginning of my career post-graduation of drama school. In general, I would see…

— Betty Gabriel

I found out I had a real love for comedy and comedy writing. The logic was, there weren't too many female comedians, so I…

— Rita Rudner

The logic was, there weren't too many female comedians, so I thought I might as well try a field that had fewer competitors than…

— Rita Rudner

I never really thought of comedy as a career. My goal was, when I moved to New York, I was going to write serious…

— Phoebe Robinson

Instead of going into politics, I decided to go into comedy, which is the second most daunting career path for a woman.

— Casey Wilson

If anything, being a female has afforded me opportunities on YouTube that I necessarily didn't have in doing traditional comedy and auditioning in TV…

— Grace Helbig

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

I'm still trying to do films about black women.

— Pam Grier

I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy.

— Ben Stiller

I never looked at my future as comedy. Even at Second City, I always thought of it as acting. I knew I was going…

— Scott Adsit

I never thought I would have any particular career in movies at all.

— Paul Giamatti

It is frustrating to be a Black woman in the entertainment industry.

— Dionne Warwick