Phoebe Robinson Quotes

Phoebe Robinson

Profession : Comedian

Birth : September 28, 1984

I never really thought of comedy as a career. My goal was, when I moved to New York, I was going to write serious films.

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

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I don't have a stylist.

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

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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.

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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.

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There are just so many brilliant voices out there. I'm not the funniest person out there, I'm not the best interviewer. I'm not the best at anything, but I really just am a big fan of everyone. I'm really driven by trying to make sure that representation is out there.

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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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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.

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It is utterly asinine that people continually go to comedy shows without bothering to see if their sensibilities line up with the comedians.

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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.

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I like hot people being hot. How else do you explain my high school infatuation with Ricky Martin in all his shirtless glory?

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One cannot control the life they are born into.

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Technology has been the great equalizer: you can find your audience, you can build your brand, and the people that are into you, great. They're going to follow you to whatever platform you go to.

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

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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.'

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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.'

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

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People like to pretend that all women have the same experience or that all gay people have the same experience. But everyone's life is different, and everyone's point of view is valid.

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