Chelsea Handler Quotes

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.

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

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've never had prejudice against me because of being a woman in comedy, I've never felt any sort of unfairness because of that - but I do think it is naive to think that it doesn't exist.

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 feel like comedy had a boys'-club label when we were starting.

Really, it hasn't changed for female comics; it's still hard for females to really enter the game.

The life of a true, traditional stand-up is really unappealing for women.

I feel like women are frequently seen as guests in the comedy world.

Don't make being a girl or a victim part of your stand-up act. If you encounter sexism in the business, don't bring it on stage; it's not funny.

There are some professions that culturally and sociologically take a long time to change, and because of that, there's still sexism in comedy audiences. We shouldn't blame them: I do it too. A woman comes on, and I feel slightly anxious. I'm a woman in comedy, and I do that; I think everyone does.

Sometimes I try to sell shows with a female lead to networks, and that isn't something that's been a proven formula for them, so they reject it. I do feel like men get the funniest roles in movies.

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.

It's really irritating. Even people who like my work sometimes come up to me and say, 'I usually don't like female comedians, but your material is great!' It makes the job prospect more daunting. Funny is funny, you know?

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

It is odd there are many movies with many men. But generally movies have one woman, or maybe the older woman and the younger girl.

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

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.

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.

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

Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule?

There are 10-20 times more male comics than female comics; it's something to do with the social structure of society.

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.

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.