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All Quotes by author - Phoebe Robinson
" '2 Dope Queens,' it was just a way for us to showcase female comedians, showcase comedians of color, showcase LGBT comedians, and shake up the landscape and be like, 'Hey, there is more than just what is out there.' "
Like
Way
More
" Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore are two of the most charming A-listers in Hollywood. "
Two
Adam
Most
" 'Ain't It Fun,' which is about entering the real world, is bouncy and shows off Paramore's lighter side, to the dismay of some of the band's fans, who are used to the punk-rock sound. "
World
Fans
Sound
" A lot of times in comedy, and also in podcasting and television, there are different kinds of voices that can be celebrated. So you can have 'Insecure' exist, you can have a '2 Dope Queens' exist, you can have 'The Mindy Project' exist - very distinct, funny voices from women and from people of color. "
Comedy
Color
You
" Any joke can be funny, but not any joke is funny. Any joke has the potential to be hilarious to you, but more importantly, the joke has the potential to not be funny to you but to someone else. "
More
Funny
Potential
" Anyone who does stand-up comedy can agree that doing a late-night spot is a dream of theirs. "
Dream
Doing
Agree
" Arcade Fire always churns out music that makes me want to move. "
Want
Fire
Me
" As a kid I used to always write these stories... some of them were really cute; some of them were kind of crazy. "
Crazy
Stories
Kind
" As scary as it is, we have to admit that there are folks in the world who only know the Roots as 'the band on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.'' "
Band
Scary
World
" At its best, alt comedy can be challenging, surprising, and innovative. And at its worst, alt comics think that being awkward.com/FAQS is a substitution for punchlines. "
Being
Think
Worst
" Being in a male-dominated industry, you can feel like a little excluded. That was making me feel like maybe I'm not funny. I was really seriously considering, like, quitting standup. "
You
Funny
Feel
" Comedy is subjective, and any joke can be funny. "
Comedy
Subjective
Joke
" Even the best comedians aren't always sure what is going to be funny, what is going to work. So that means they're constantly and trying and failing in order to get there. "
Always
Work
Trying
" Feminism is being broken open, to welcome more people than just white women of a certain class. "
Broken
People
Women
" Flashback episodes are a tried-and-true sitcom device, but they always work! "
Device
Always
Flashback
" For me personally, I was just worried that transitioning from a podcast, which is a very intimate sort of experience - people tell me they listen to my podcast while they're at the gym or on road trips, so you're in someone's ear - to being on television - that's a lot of space to fill. "
Gym
Experience
Road
" From the leg lamp to Ralphie's tongue getting stuck on a frozen pole to that BB-gun incident, 'A Christmas Story' has left its mark on all our brains, so much so that it sometimes feels like this story is our own. "
Christmas
Sometimes
Tongue
" Guys say 'like' all the time, and no one notices it. "
Time
Say
Notices
" I am a grizzly New Yorker. "
I Am
New
Yorker
" I am a workaholic - my family will agree with that. "
Agree
Workaholic
Will
" I don't have a stylist. "
Stylist
" I don't really read Stephen King - I just can't read scary things because it stays with me too long - but I truly liked his memoir of the craft of writing. "
King
Long
Scary
" I don't think people realize what it's like for people of color to audition for film and TV. "
Think
TV
Color
" If I have a daughter and she grows up to be an astronaut, she's gonna end up on a Black History Month stamp. "
Daughter
History
End
" If I'm going to be completely honest, I did not get the appeal of IFC's 'Portlandia' initially. "
Did
Going
Honest
" If the guy does not treat you with love and respect, does not cease-and-desist with all the game playing, is not willing to share his world with you, then he is bad for you. "
You
World
Game
" I have to admit that I was never into the boy band craze of the late '90s and the early aughts. I was into more adult things like Ricky Martin. For reals. "
Late
Band
Boy
" I have watched every single season of 'American Idol' since the beginning, when Ryan Seacrest co-hosted with Brian Dunkleman. Brian who? Exactly. "
Single
Season
Who
" I just wanna go on the record to say I talk about U2 so much, I should be their publicist. I should be added to the PR team. U2 is my favorite band of all time. I love them so much. "
Team
Say
Love
" I know the world is pretty intense, but in my opinion, there's nothing more perilous than being a teenager and watching a raunchy comedy with your parents. "
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Comedy
Opinion
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