“I am not sure gender ever won't be an issue in comedy, because I think...” — Jenny Eclair Quote

“I am not sure gender ever won't be an issue in comedy, because I think that women do have different priorities in some respects.”

“I was trained as an actress. But I wasn't a very convincing actress, so I started doing punk poetry and then fell into doing stand-up.”

“I've got this horrible feeling that I'm one of those people who'll always have to flog their guts out to get anywhere.”

“It's difficult to write a book where a character is on virtually every page of the book but you cannot refer to his or her gender. It gets rid of every his, her, she and he.”

“We cannot base our judgment on binaries such as a person's gender.”

“The men I worked for didn't look at me as having any gender at all. They regarded me more as a workhorse.”