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" Garry Shandling's stand-up specials were masterpieces of tightly crafted stories that delivered both hard jokes and hard truths. He was neurotic and self-deprecating, and his observations on life cut deep. "

Nell Scovell

Deep

Jokes

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" My criticisms of late-night TV blew up some old friendships and sparked some new ones. "

" Smash together the Grammys, Oscars, Emmys, and Tonys, and you get the Green Room at the Kennedy Center Honors. "

" There have always been women who were successful against the odds. Now we need to change the odds so more women can be successful. "

" I turned 40, and things started to go south. "

Nell Scovell

South

Turned

" Sensitivity training is a fine idea but isn't taken seriously by those who need it most. "

" An ocean of ink - real and virtual - has been spilled critiquing the appearance of female politicians. "

" Moms Mabley blazed a path for female stand-ups in a housecoat and floppy hat. Phyllis Diller worked equally hard to make herself unattractive to men and non-threatening to women. "

" You want a diverse writers' room, not because it's the fair thing to do or the right thing to do, but because it's the best thing to do for your show. I've seen that to be true. "

" The desire to keep doing what we love supersedes the desire to penalize bad behavior. "

" Hollywood is hard on everyone, but it really is harder on women and people of color. "

" I realize that 'hire qualified women!' is the sort of outraged demand that's often met with a sigh. No one disagrees, and yet gender inequality in high-paying positions extends into all professions. "

" People say, 'Dress for the job you want,' and since I wanted a job that guys had, I dressed like a guy. "

" The Kennedy Center Honors reflects our humanity and higher purpose. We are a great nation, in part, because we value culture. "

" Studies do show that in hierarchical structures, you do get more harassment. There's more power concentrated at the top, which means there's more abuse of power concentrated at the top. And every TV show is very much a hierarchy. "

" I think empathy is undervalued in a lot of these comedy writers' rooms. "

" You don't have to let a bad experience stop you from doing what you want to do. "

" The first Emmys I went to was in 1990 when the five nominees for best comedy were 'Designing Women,' 'Golden Girls,' 'Murphy Brown,' 'Cheers,' 'Wonder Years.' Three and a half were created by women. "

" I'd like to see David Letterman adopt the inclusion rider on his Netflix show. "

Nell Scovell

See

Inclusion

" One of the great things about being in entertainment is you have access to the media. People pay attention to you. "

" I was ahead of the gender curve, but I wasn't ahead of the intersectionality curve, and I get it now. It's important to me. "

Nell Scovell

Now

Gender

" For thirty years, I've been hearing that it's getting better for women. And until I see statistical proof over enough years that that's true, I won't believe it. "

" I was the second female writer ever hired at 'Late Night.' When I applied for the job in 1988, I had no way of knowing how much the odds were stacked against me. "

Nell Scovell

Night

Job

" Writing is not what you start. It's not even what you finish. It's what you start, finish, and put out there for the world to see. "

" When I write, I feel like an optometrist, constantly flipping between lenses and asking, 'Is this better? Is this?' Slowly, the work comes into focus. "

Nell Scovell

Focus

Work

" In Hollywood, you kind of trick yourself into feeling like you have impact. "

" Blondness is a core Trump-family value: Both Donald Jr. and Eric got the memo and married blondes. "

" I'm both an insider and an outsider. "

" I learned not to get too happy about good news or too distraught about bad. "

" For me, TV had always been a medium for entertainment. "

" Albert Brooks. Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Larry David. The best comedic actors play broad and real simultaneously, coming across as both larger than life and all too human. "