'Nanette' has been a journey. She went from being something of a personal little blast to the world from me, that I expected would seal me off into the margins as far as my career is concerned, and into an idiosyncratic sort of life beyond all of that.

Hannah Gadsby

We need to hear stories from older women. There's a wealth of wisdom and real resilience there, but they're silenced.

Comedy is a man's art form. It pretty much came from a time, post-World War II really - the 1950s are not really known for the subtle expressions of feminine life.

Hannah Gadsby

War Time Life

'Nanette' has been a journey. She went from being something of a personal little blast to the world from me, that I expected would seal me off into the margins as far as my career is concerned, and into an idiosyncratic sort of life beyond all of that.

Hannah Gadsby

Life Car Would

My brain is just so busy. I'm inattentive; I'm a daydreamer: the space cadet kind.

Hannah Gadsby

Space Us Tent

I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.

Hannah Gadsby

Would Wit Want

Stories appeal to humanity.

Hannah Gadsby

T Stories Man

If the only reason to be on stage communicating with people is to tell them a joke and make them laugh, that seems thin for me. That has a place - I don't think it should stop happening - but for me, I don't know. I just don't.

Hannah Gadsby

Age Wit Us

Most accountants are strange - let's be honest.

Hannah Gadsby

UN Tan T

This adoration of an artist as a lone genius is quite misled, I think, because they are very much part of their time and their community.

Hannah Gadsby

Time Art Very

The sheer number of paintings of unconscious women is distressing.

Hannah Gadsby

Women Men Us

I've got Asperger's. I come at things from sideways.

Hannah Gadsby

Ways Way Things

#MeToo should not be limited to art or TV.

Hannah Gadsby

Art TV Too

That's the problem with ADHD: I have no focus; I get bored.

Hannah Gadsby

Wit Us The Problem With

I've always done live art history lectures and small documentaries in the past in Australia, on Australian art and art galleries, so I've already done a lot of that.

Hannah Gadsby

Men History Art

The art world doesn't exist in a vacuum.

Hannah Gadsby

Art World Vacuum

I'm a pretty good procrastinator.

Hannah Gadsby

Good Tina Tin

I've walked away in the middle of a conversation and had no idea that was wrong until someone told me I was being rude.

Hannah Gadsby

Wrong Way Walked

Shame has its place. Shame is what you do to a kid to stop them running on the road. And then you take the shame away, and immediately, they're back in the fold. You should never soak anybody in shame. It's the prolonged existence of shame that then flips out into destructive rage. We can't exist in that. It's like treacle.

Hannah Gadsby

Age You Way

A lot of people who have experienced trauma at the hands of people they've trusted take responsibility, and that is what's toxic.

Hannah Gadsby

Trust Experience Who

I don't want to be a didactic voice. I like to ask more questions than I answer, just to get people thinking and to make it safe to access art.

Hannah Gadsby

Art Want Voice

The only people I don't reach on a very personal level are straight white men. They don't really need another entertainer dedicated for them exclusively, so they're fine.

Hannah Gadsby

I've always wanted to make Australian art interesting. To get a different audience watching art documentaries would be great.

Hannah Gadsby

Self-deprecation runs right through queer culture. It was seen as a badge of honor. I started to feel like perhaps it was destructive as well.

Hannah Gadsby

Just because you're gay doesn't mean you're not homophobic.

Hannah Gadsby

I always kept my expectations in life very tame.

Hannah Gadsby

A lot of people have told me they have mothers like my mother. I seriously doubt it.

Hannah Gadsby

The idea that standup is a thing with defined boundaries is kind of ludicrous.

Hannah Gadsby

Just because it's been around for centuries, doesn't mean it's cool to be a creepy old man.

Hannah Gadsby

The thing about comedy is it gives you a platform to expose your own shortcomings, so it becomes a public display of weirdness.

Hannah Gadsby

I think most people's view is that selfies are just vanity and stupid, but I think they're really great.

Hannah Gadsby

A lot of people are intimated by art, but it's something to be revered beyond criticism.

Hannah Gadsby

To get recognized in New York is weird because that's definitely a place you shouldn't be recognized.

Hannah Gadsby

There are times I've been surprised by how emotional I can be on stage.

Hannah Gadsby

I get anxiety and distressed from external stimuli quite easily, so if I'm in a constant state of self-protection, it's exhausting.

Hannah Gadsby

I found that pottering is very conducive to my creative process, so now, I find myself being incredibly creative because I've got such much to procrastinate with.

Hannah Gadsby

Comedy is great in that it's accessible to someone like me, from a low socioeconomic background, struggling in life. The gatekeepers are a lot stronger in other art forms.

Hannah Gadsby

If a documentary crew were to follow me around, they'd probably think they were making a film about the saddest person in the world.

Hannah Gadsby