A biography for Iliza Shlesingerhasn’t been written yet.
“If a guy is just genuine and honest, girls gravitate towards that, and girls love it when you open up.”
“I think that it's an easy thing to say, that whenever women do stand up, that 'Oh, they must hate men' - and I'm like, 'Well, if you listen carefully, it's actually a lovely tutorial that I wouldn't give to men unless I cared.'”
“I have the comedic chops and intelligence to raise points and discuss both sides of whatever is on our mind as a society.”
“I used to take a recorder around and interview my parents and do impressions of my classmates as guests on my show.”
“When I started my career, I started with black comics: Bruce Bruce, Mark Curry, Bill Bellamy. It takes all kinds of influences.”
“I really respect Samantha Bee.”
“The amount of garbage that women are expected to put up with - we're just expected to ignore when a man whistles at us. And it never makes us feel good - it always makes us feel unsafe.”
“The more comprehensive your language is, the more likely people are to believe everything you're saying. It really just comes from the power of knowing you're the smartest person in the room, and if you aren't, you're definitely going to sound like it.”
“A lot of comedians are really funny onstage, but they can't do a podcast.”
“Getting to prove yourself in a room that's not your typical demo is an experience every comic should try. It makes you better.”
“Everybody has their cross to bear, and everybody has their issues. But it still never once occurred to me that I'm not as good as everyone else. And that's a gift I wish I could give to every girl.”
“I've never been a dirty comic.”
“You can hate me for being a woman, you can hate me for being smart, you can hate me for being funny, but you hate me because I am doing something you could never do. End of story.”
“I think part of being Jewish is that innate desire to question things. Rabbis sit around all day and question the Torah. Giving yourself the room to question things, in a religion, just breeds thinking.”
“When you can analyze situations and figure out what's best for you, based on you and not some preconceived notion of what society expects, then nothing is a threat.”
“My whole life, I knew that I was going to be funny for a living.”
“Being sexually harassed is the worst. Sorry. Let me rephrase that. Being sexually harassed by an ugly guy is the worst... If he's hot, it's just plain old flirting.”
“I believe in always having a lot of irons in the fire.”
“As women, and as people, we're often forced to choose between pop culture and tearing down celebrities or a show about politics.”
“Whether it be the gym or telling a guy to stop mistreating me or getting through school with a C+ average but making people think I'm much smarter... it's all about strength and how you wear it.”