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" '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.' "

Phoebe Robinson

Way

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Phoebe Robinson

Funny

Potential

" 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. "

" I've experienced harassment. I've had male comedians be very inappropriate. "

" 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. "

" Sometimes when people start dating a hot piece, they take on some of their boo's characteristics unintentionally. "

" 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. "

" I never really watched much stand-up growing up. I just was not really that into it. But I can say I honestly fell in love with it the second I touched the microphone. It was like this weird thing where it's like, 'Oh, yeah, this is what I'm supposed to do.' "

" I think, at the end of the day, you have to decide what you want. Do you want to be famous? Do you want to be rich? Do you want to have a career? Those are three very different things. "

" Typically, in New York, there are so many comics on a single lineup that you can only do eight minutes. "

" I think people just don't respect women's bodies in general, the bodies of women of color in general. "

" I love doing standup, but I love watching it more. Watching people like Michelle Buteau or Baron Vaughn get up and do their thing - that is what comedy can be like. "

" There's so many careers that didn't happen because women are like, 'I can't deal with this harassment. I'm going to leave this industry.' "

Phoebe Robinson

Leave

Women

" I am a grizzly New Yorker. "

" I'm fabulous on a budget. "

Phoebe Robinson

Fabulous

Budget

" Just because you're not like other people doesn't mean that you're bad. It means that you're different, and that's great. "

" I was a funny kid growing up, and I did improv in college and went to Pratt Institute, but I did it very informally. It was just me and some of my friends goofing around on campus. "

" I want to have an empire. I like being in front of the camera, performing - but I would like to get to a place where I'm also executive producing and bringing other people along. People of all different walks of life, highlighting their voices. "

Phoebe Robinson

Life

People

" 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. "

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" Sometimes it's good to say no. Sometimes it's good to not act impulsively. "

" 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. "

" What's important is to have more women creators behind the scenes, being producers and being in charge. That will ultimately help push this boys'-club, locker-room mentality out the door. "

" Feminism is being broken open, to welcome more people than just white women of a certain class. "

" Let's be real: more often than not, Hollywood does not have three-dimensional characters for women to play. "