Phoebe Robinson Quotes

Phoebe Robinson

Profession : Comedian

Birth : September 28, 1984

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.

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

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

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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.'

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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'm from Cleveland, Ohio. I was the only black girl in my grade. And I was just, like, really dorky. Like, I wasn't cool.

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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.

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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.

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I will allow myself to sleep in until 9 A.M. on the weekends.

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I'm not a caffeine person.

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I like the gym the best when it's mostly empty.

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I try to read 20 books a year.

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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.

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I think that comfort is underrated in a lot of ways.

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You got a snaggletooth? Show it off. You have an overbite? Bite some more.

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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.

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I thought I was going to be a serious screenwriter and produce serious films. It was going to be 'American Beauty' and very important work.

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I'm fabulous on a budget.

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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.

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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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