Common Quote by Martha Plimpton

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

Women are under-represented in TV comedy for a variety of reasons, the hackneyed 'fear that women aren't funny' being one of them.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

My mother is from another time - the funniest person to her is Lucille Ball; that's what she loves. A lot of times she…

— Steven Wright

The fact that 'Mom' is not joke, joke, joke - and is investing in these characters and their lives, things that really happen to…

— Allison Janney

Everywhere in TV and films, actors who become mothers are treated differently. Suddenly, people will be like, 'Oh, she's a mom, so she can't…

— Kashmira Shah

I feel like women are frequently seen as guests in the comedy world…

— Chelsea Peretti

“Maybe your aunt is funny in quiet moments with her friends because like many women her age, she was taught to not draw attention…

— W. Kamau Bell

A woman doing comedy doesn't offend me, but sets me back a bit. I, as a viewer, have trouble with it. I think of…

— Jerry Lewis

My mother is very funny. She is from a village; she has a typical village kind of humour. Often she says a lot of…

— Kapil Sharma

We all know that television is better for women as they get into their 40s. You could be more three-dimensional, not just the wife…

— Dana Delany

It used to be that you had to make female TV characters perfect so no one would be offended by your 'portrayal' of women.…

— Mindy Kaling

People talk, 'Oh your father's a misogynist, look what he said about women,' like, on 'Howard Stern.' When he gets with Howard Stern, who's…

— Donald Trump, Jr