Loni Love Quotes

There were very few women comics when I started out doing stand-up. But I always saw that as a great advantage.

You are not any different. You can do anything you want. So many times, I've been asked what I think of women stand-ups. If you actually look around, there are so many female comedians starring in the biggest TV shows.

I'm just glad that there's some diversity in the music industry with women so people know that you can be literally anything and still be able to make it.

I've said this before, and I'm sure there are people who disagree, but I feel like one of the reasons there aren't a lot more women in stand-up - and there are many more now; it's not parity, but it's getting there - is that women are not socialized to look stupid or silly. They're socialized to be pretty and precious.

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 up watching a woman in a male-dominated industry and kind of, like, plowing ahead.

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

I like the fact that glass ceilings are breaking all over.

I think there have always been funny women, from Carol Burnett to Joan Rivers. When the audience sees a woman, they innately know she's worked twice as hard to get there, she's had to prove that she can be the leader, first, and then be funny on top of it. She has to emit a confidence that she's in control.

After 'Wedding Crashers' I was just surprised as to the lack of comedic female material there is. So I had to start working and getting stuff out there for myself.

There's a power in women being women. There's a role for men, but we don't have to be men, because we're women. I think that representing that on television is a cool thing.

I think that we're in a really amazing time, where there are really a lot of really fantastic female actresses and comedians. I imagine there's just a lot of opportunity for women to have powerful roles. Or it's just that there's more women writing TV. Women tend to maybe write strong women.

I think that's important to women in comedy, that we get a lot of the good lines and you're not just the girlfriend or the sister.

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 or the mother.

I cannot believe that in all the years that there have been female stand-ups, there has never been a show just for them.

I love stories about women, and I think stories about women are generally pretty underrepresented.

I'd like to reach out to more women and different body types.

Leadership is about encouraging women to break their silence and tell their stories to the world.

I was the first woman to speak ever at the National Press Club, and they gave me a necktie.

The women doing comedy do not even think of themselves as 'female' comedians.

There are so many funny women in the world, and there has been for so many years, so I'll be happy when people can just move on from that, and things can just be 'comedies' and not 'female' or 'male,' and everyone gets an equal opportunity.

When I took my first job, I was among only a handful of women. It was isolating at times. My love for technology kept me going, and I got to where I am today driven by my passion and self confidence.

We need to have women in more powerful positions that are making decisions, so when that 10-year-old girl is looking up and wondering, 'What can I do and what do I want to be when I get older?' She has the opportunity to do and be whatever she wants.

I would love to do really great work and for women who are marginalised to see me as an inspiration.

Being the first female Doctor and showing children that their heroes in shows don't always look the same is a huge honour for me.

I know so many extraordinary women who I never get to see represented on screen, and that's shameful.