Melanie Mayron Quotes

Suffice to say, many women find their first appearance on a comedy panel show to be their last. Second chances seem to be given less often to the female of the species.

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.

I've been trying to find women writers for my staff for a while now and I have three women on my staff and three guys so it's pretty equal. I don't know why that is. It's been the same thing for a while. It's hard for female comedians to stand out. That's weird. That's a shame.

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.

There's a lot of good roles for men, always, and for very young girls. But for women, not so many.

Without a doubt in sketch comedy there are fewer women than men.

People often ask why comedy is harder for women, and the reason is because a tampon will sometimes fall out when you're on stage. Blokes don't have that worry.

I think a lot of studios today are run by women, and we are entering a time when a lot of women have evolved in Second City and Upright Citizens Brigade and wanted to become writers and comedians.

It's not fair that there aren't very many juicy or varied roles for women.

But it's hard for a chick to do comedy. It's not as open for them.

Under-representation of women and other inequality among researchers is a problem that will not solve itself as women acquire competence.

Women have talent and intelligence but, due to social constraints and prejudices, it is still a long distance away from the goal of gender equality.

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

When you're a woman, you have to work harder to get a laugh... I follow so many hilarious women on Twitter. It's a daily reminder that women get to be funny.

I think a lot of women are underestimated.

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

Music is a male-dominated field. Women are not always taken as seriously as we should be, so sometimes we have to put our foot down.

I think hip-hop doesn't give women as much of a chance as it gives guys.

I do all these panels where people are always talking about the lack of female directors, and I have a lot of opinions on that.

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.

I had run other people's campaigns. I had been doing political activities for a decade before I ever ran for office myself. That is so much the experience of women of my generation. We always feel as though we have to bring so much more to the table, and that never stops the guys.

I think the media's a little frightened of women.

You know, right now, they say - I don't know who says this, but somebody told me - there's three male roles to every female role. And I guess I'd work on evening that up. Making great roles for women. It's just such a huge challenge.

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

The role of women has always been undervalued in the spy world, always undermined in terms of recognition. Unfairly so. It's a world that needs women.