To me, I've never understood why there is any question about are women as funny as men.
You can be too pretty for comedy - man or woman.
Oh all the time when Victoria Wood and I did our series. There were people asking 'Can women be funny?' People still ask that. It's like asking: 'Can women breathe in and out?'
Regular panelists on shows can be terrifying. They own that space, and many guest comics suspect they are favoured in the edit, while their own hilarious jokes end up being ejected into the ether.
I think the whole concept that women aren't funny is dead. It's over; it's done.
If you're funny as a woman, people think it might be because someone else helped you.
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?
I hate that there's such an emphasis on women in comedy. Are women OK? Are they just as funny as men? Yes!
I have yet to see one of those Comedy Central shows with multiple standup comics that doesn't include someone the size of the Hindenburg.
When it comes to black female comedians, it's like, if you're not overweight, are you funny? There's rules, like, you can't be skinny and pretty and funny. I'm all three, sorry to break it to you.
There's one stereotype in the industry that Asian people aren't funny, I've heard that over and over again.
