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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" 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

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" 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. "

" Spending $40,000 on shoes is downright ignorant. "

" The great thing about being a standard-issue, straight white person is you have so much time. Gay people, people of color, we have less time! We have to be a living Learning Annex to everybody. We don't have time to master hobbies like skipping rocks along lakes. "

" The 'X-Men' franchise has not been a perfect one. "

" I love how Shakespeare can really rip your heart out one second and then make you laugh the next. He's a master writer. "

" As a kid I used to always write these stories... some of them were really cute; some of them were kind of crazy. "

" 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. "

" Guys say 'like' all the time, and no one notices it. "

" Seriously, show me a person who's not into Tom Hanks, and I'll show you a person who is anti-happiness. "

Phoebe Robinson

Person

Show

" With '2 Dope Queens,' with stand-up, and also with 'Sooo Many White Guys,' the interview stuff that I do, I really am a fan first. "

" Anyone who does stand-up comedy can agree that doing a late-night spot is a dream of theirs. "

" 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. "

" I am a workaholic - my family will agree with that. "

" If I have a daughter and she grows up to be an astronaut, she's gonna end up on a Black History Month stamp. "

" I'll be the first to admit it: I love fluff. Whether it's watching 'America's Next Top Model' or listening to dance pop like Rihanna's 'Where Have You Been,' I like to keep it light and fun, especially during the spring and summer months. "

" Arcade Fire always churns out music that makes me want to move. "

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Fire

" I'm obsessed with the Fenty beauty line. It's like, finally, women of color get good makeup. "

" '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. "

" I'm really into short-story collections and essays; they're my jam. "

" I think anytime you work on something, even if you feel really good about it, you're never really sure. Once it's in the public space, it's out of my hands. "

" The Roots know how to give their audience some medicine without them even realizing it. "

" 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. "

" It's better to keep your past and present loves separate. "

" 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. "

" Making tough decisions that may make someone unhappy is something to get good at doing. "

" I'm easily frightened and am somewhat of a squeamish person. "

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Frightened

" I started watching 'Daria' when I was in college because I didn't have cable growing up. It's such a smart show with a different type of female character. "

" I'm going to keep doing the comedy and the art that I do. I'm going to keep uplifting marginalized voices, and I think that's my place to do that. "