Anxious Quote by Miranda Hart

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

— Rebecca Front

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

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

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 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

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 feel like women in comedy have staked out space for themselves and circled the wagons in this inspiring way to say that it's…

— Lindy West

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

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

I think there's a lack of quality roles for women in comedies. Most actresses get cast as the "eye-roller" or "the serious one," while…

— Isla Fisher

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

— Natasha Leggero

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