A biography for Iliza Shlesingerhasn’t been written yet.
“We're so hard on ourselves, and there's a freedom in realizing that we're our toughest critics.”
“I've do a lot of USO shows and do whatever I can to support the military.”
“I've had girls that kissed me on the cheek. People get so pumped, and so excited, they don't see you as a person. Which is fair. Sometimes, I don't see people as people. But at the end of the day, you can't put your hands on me unless I hug you first.”
“The world is a scary place. Even my mother has suggested I take a self defense class.”
“I'm a huge sketch comedy fan, and I think my love of sketch is reflected in my stand-up in that I do a lot of vignettes and voices and characters.”
“You can make people laugh, but having them really want to hear what you have to say, that takes trust and time.”
“I've never been the kind of woman that hates other women, particularly based on their attractiveness.”
“My comedy is a bit cartoonlike, if I really think about it.”
“I was always rewarded for being funny. I liked being funny.”
“At the end of the day, all there is is making yourself happy.”
“At a certain point, I had so much artwork that I decided to respect the art and present them in a nice way, not just on a dusty shelf.”
“I don't write anything. It's all done onstage, which is why I always tell younger comics that they just have to go do it. You have to get up, talk, and take a thought or a word and just expound, and you find it in there. I don't sit down and write.”
“Always be nice to the front desk staff because they can choose to make your life a living hell, and they'll remember you.”
“When you travel, try having an open mind, not just about the city that you're in but about the surrounding areas.”
“My passion in life isn't politics. It truly is connecting to people and women.”
“I really wanted to do a deep-dive into the idea that women are always called 'crazy,' and we are painted with such broad strokes because it's so easy to stereotype women and write them off. I got tired of that, and I wanted to explain: We are not crazy. There's a method to our madness.”
“It's never occurred to me - and I don't know what right mixture of upbringing this was - that my opinion wasn't as important as the alpha males or that I shouldn't try or that I wasn't the funniest one in the room.”
“There's nothing 'flash in the pan' about my career. It's been built fan by fan, city by city.”
“Getting on stage and screaming at all Republicans does nothing more than isolate people.”
“You can't deny the truth. And that's what makes smart comedy so good.”