Ali Wong Quotes

Ali Wong is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She gained popularity for her stand-up comedy specials and has appeared in television shows and films. Wong's comedy often touches on topics such as motherhood, relationships, and cultural identity, offering a unique and humorous perspective.

Writing is the life blood of everything in Hollywood. Without writers, there are no scripts, no acting work.

It's very rare and unusual to see a female comic p... -Ali Wong

It's very rare and unusual to see a female comic perform pregnant.

I want to be like a Wendy Murdoch or a Georgina Ch... -Ali Wong

I want to be like a Wendy Murdoch or a Georgina Chapman.

A lot of people like to ask me, 'Ali, how on earth do you balance family and career?' Men never get asked that question. Because they don't.

To be a trophy wife, you have to be a trophy. I am... -Ali Wong

To be a trophy wife, you have to be a trophy. I am more of a commemorative plaque.

My dad was a doctor, and he would tell us a lot of nasty, funny stories from the hospital. It was funny to me when I'd go over to other people's houses and they didn't talk about intestines at the table.

Even now, when I go out people are like, 'What are you doing here? Didn't you just have a baby?' But people never ask a male comic when he's out a week later, like, 'Oh my God, you're so irresponsible! What are you doing out? Who is taking care of the baby?'

Just because you become a parent doesn't mean you ... -Ali Wong

Just because you become a parent doesn't mean you grew up.

A couple of female standup comics I know refer to their kids as their Little Career Killers. I was like, I really do not want to feel that way.

A lot of comics will say that the thing about specials now is that they're not special anymore because there are so many of them, and they come and go, and they're not really talked about. They just kind of come and go.

All I ever wanted to do was tell jokes for a livin... -Ali Wong

All I ever wanted to do was tell jokes for a living.

Breast-feeding was so stressful for me. I kept on clenching and pushing my tongue against the bottom teeth, so they started to move toward an underbite.

My dad was a very unconventional Asian American man. He was very much not quiet, not shy, not passive. If he had to fart, he'd do it in the library. He did not care. He was like, 'I don't know these people. I'm uncomfortable, and I need to let it go.'

Stand-up comedy is something that you have to strive to do, multiple times a night, every night, to be good.

Making people laugh was the only thing I ever truly excelled at. But at home, I was so quiet with my family, which taught me to be really observant.

When you're pregnant, you're all gassy, and you're... -Ali Wong

When you're pregnant, you're all gassy, and you're hungry, but then you're nauseous.

When you're a mom, you need sparkle to compensate ... -Ali Wong

When you're a mom, you need sparkle to compensate for the light inside of you that has died.

There's something I want to say, and I haven't been able to articulate it yet, about how it's so rude when people don't admit that they have a nanny.

My husband's chill.... -Ali Wong

My husband's chill.

Every male comedian of note who is over the age of 45 has a kid, and they talk about it and don't get grouped as 'dad comics.'

At the end of the day, I'm not really trying to ma... -Ali Wong

At the end of the day, I'm not really trying to make a statement with any of my standup.

My husband and I went to Japan for our honeymoon, and you look at, like, the presentation of the food, and it's ridiculous. It looks like a Mondrian painting or something. Everything looks like a bunch of little Hello Kitty erasers when you eat a little bento box in Japan. It's so precise and beautiful and processed and neat.

Women, a lot of the time, are so much funnier than men, but they just choose not to do comedy for a living.

I've seen many female comics that a lot of people haven't heard of who are so funny, and I saw them come up, and they were working so hard, and then all of a sudden they had a baby, and they just got tied up in motherhood, and eventually, they kind of just stopped doing stand-up, and I thought it was such a shame.

You become like a vampire when you're pregnant: your senses are so sensitive, and your emotions are so heightened - that helps with performance because you really feel things.

Comedy has so much to do with honesty, and women c... -Ali Wong

Comedy has so much to do with honesty, and women can be more open about their emotions.

I think most feminists are very smart.... -Ali Wong

I think most feminists are very smart.

When you have a child, you think about your own mo... -Ali Wong

When you have a child, you think about your own mortality.

There are certainly other female comics who are moms, but I don't know any who are actively touring with their kids. But there are more and more becoming moms, and it's awesome. I feel we're in a super sisterhood.

I think feminism is the worst thing that ever happened to women. Our job used to be no job. We had it so good!

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