At The Hollywood Reporter's 2016 Women in Entertainment breakfast, Fey was honored with the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award, that recognizes a woman who works in the entertainment industry who is a leader, pioneer and philanthropist. Fey's first movie Mean Girls was in collaboration with Sherry Lansing and she thanked her for her guidance during her acceptance speech.

"I had no idea what I was doing," Fey admitted to the crowd, "I wrote 10 drafts of that script and she never took it away from me. She never had someone else do a two-week 'de-flavorizing' of it. And I didn't realize how special that was at the time, but I do now."

She's often tired of addressing the notion that women aren't funny, "It's just a lot easier to ignore." she told Vanity Fair. During press for Sisters, Fey and Poehler were asked, "Isn't this an amazing time for women in comedy?" over and over again, "People really wanted us to be openly grateful and we were like, 'No, it's a terrible time,'" she explained to Town & Country. "If you were to really look at it, the boys are still getting more money for a lot of garbage, while the ladies are hustling and doing amazing work for less." Fey and her lady friends continue to push and inspire ladies at the forefront of successful comedies