Black Quote by Yvonne Orji

I think most Black women are funny. Whether we get credit or not, we just are; we're hilarious.

— Janelle James

I don't like the fact that most black people or black comedians have to present themselves in a flamboyant way. It's good if you…

— Franklyn Ajaye

When something really affects you, it's hard to find the humor in it sometimes. There's are a lot of reasons why there are so…

— Sarah Cooper

Black comics, they only watch Black comedians. You're a comedian; you're not just a Black comedian. You're a comedian. I try to get that…

— Chris Rock

Comedy is one of the few places in entertainment at present where it's good for women to be, as no one is telling you…

— Roisin Conaty

In black comedic culture, there's always been a thing about "Man, I ain't gotta wear a dress to be funny!" But I've done it.

— Jamie Foxx

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 is a linear way in which black comedians are expected to talk about race by all audiences - black people are like this,…

— W. Kamau Bell

Some comedians really are funnier than others. Some people really are more beautiful than others. But these are true only because of the kinds…

— Jonathan Haidt

In comedy, it's not the glamorous, beautiful people that are great at comedy. They're either every man or every woman, they're either quite tall…

— Rebel Wilson

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

With a lot of comedians, one of their major attributes is that they look comedic, with a certain hangdog or manic expression. I look…

— Sylvester Stallone