Humor Quote by Susanna Fogel

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

— Ali Wong

Women are often pushed into the idea that they write softer, more character-driven jokes.

— Allison Silverman

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 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

I simply can't understand the stereotyping women as film makers who make soppy family dramas. Look at Katherine Bigelow: she has directed Point Break…

— Deepa Mehta

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

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

We're so used to seeing women in movies about a romance where they don't seem to have any inner fortitude. They're completely defined by…

— Susanna Fogel

Most films these days are men's stories. Women are for add-on romance. That's very hard.

— Uma Thurman

Up until 'Bridesmaids,' the general consensus was that women preferred comedy a bit softer.

— Judd Apatow

It's not that women aren't funny or that they're not interesting company , it's just that you can sometimes have too much of a…

— Julia Hartley-Brewer