Andy Samberg Quotes

We didn't used to be so precious about women in comedy back in the old days.

When I first started doing press interviews, the big question was, 'Do you think women are funny?' People would ask you that in an interview. In an interview! It's like, of course they are.

There were people asking 'Can women be funny?' People still ask that. It's like asking: 'Can women breathe in and out?'

It's hard enough to be a lady writer. Doubly hard to be a funny lady writer.

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.

For years, it's driven me crazy that women don't have better roles, especially in comedies. I know so many funny women but I always felt... misogynist streak is too strong a term - but a dismissiveness.

I hate that there's such an emphasis on women in comedy. Are women OK? Are they just as funny as men? Yes!

Women, a lot of the time, are so much funnier than men, but they just choose not to do comedy for a living.

It's interesting that, given our culture has so many words that refer to women in a truly derogatory fashion, it's 'lady' - a term that has conferred social respect on our gender for over a thousand years - that has women up in arms.

Whether it's repro rights, violence against women, or just plain old vanilla sexism, most issues affecting women have one thing in common - they exist to keep women 'in their place.' To make sure that we're acting 'appropriately,' whatever that means.

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

Women always feel like they're being stared at and judged, and rightfully so.

I've never been anti-women.

I'm glad you're doing this story on us and not on the WNBA. We're so much prettier than all the other women in sports.

There weren't roles for females in comedies for a really long time.

When women are angry at men, they call them heartless. When men are angry at women, they call them crazy. Sometimes it doesn't stop there.

In the music industry, intelligence in women is undervalued.

I have to tell you, though, the sexism in late night talk is so profound.

All religions have always hated females.

I know there are fewer women comics, and I think there'll continue to be an inherent sexism in many industries, comedy being one, just because things do take a while to evolve. Things are changing, but it's going to take time. I accept this rather than getting angry about it.

I always laugh when people call me a misogynist. I... love women! Everything I do is to impress women. And if I hated women, why would half my fans be women?

Is this the situation in the modern Conservative party? That women should be seen and not heard?

Hey, a woman changed her mind - what else is new?

Women have more to prove than men when it comes to politics.

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.