There's truth in comedy, and that resonates with people of all races. — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
I first fell in love with comedy when I'd visit my granny as a kid. Trips to her house meant staying up… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
The popularity of '2 Dope Queens' just showed there was like a hunger for new stories because we have alternative comics on… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
I think great comedy comes from the oppressed. It comes from feeling like you've gotten punched up in a way. — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
People have their guard down when they're laughing, so they're open to tougher conversations they wouldn't necessarily have. If somebody is guarded… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
Really, laughing is such a strange reaction to something. The idea of it is so bizarre, so instinctual, and kind of magical. — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
It's a really nice way to cut your teeth, doing live shows. It's like going to the gym because you do have… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
I was doing a college show for the first time, and there was this 20-year-old gay male who's been diabetic his entire… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
I feel like acting is sort of like that: You're getting so many 'no's all the time. It's just a bunch of… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
When I talk about feminism, sometimes I feel like being a black woman is cast aside. — Jessica Williams Copy Share
Race affects everything that I do, and everything that I create speaks to intersectionality. — Jessica Williams Copy Share
Sometimes, you feel like, 'Am I going to be upset about this as a black person or as a woman first? Or am I… — Jessica Williams Copy Share
Some days I'll be like, 'I didn't do anything great today,' and I'll be bummed. And some days I'll wake up, and I'm like,… — Jessica Williams Copy Share
'The Daily Show' was like my family. We had dogs in the office every day, all day. It was just such a warm, beautiful,… — Jessica Williams Copy Share
I don't really like conflict at all, and I really find conflict pretty devastating. I try to avoid it at all costs. — Jessica Williams Copy Share
I'm a young correspondent, so sometimes I'm just young. Sometimes I'm just straightforward. — Jessica Williams Copy Share
I really like when different stories are represented, it's not just the same kind of person, and when there's humor in it, and there's… — Jessica Williams Copy Share
I wanted to do screenwriting. That's what I went to school for, but my major was overfilled, and when I got 'The Daily Show',… — Jessica Williams Copy Share
There's such an adrenaline rush for me on stage and having all these people look at you. There's an adrenaline rush from not having… — Jessica Williams Copy Share
The stories I want to tell are when we're our own heroes and our own enemies, and I don't think that's a rude thing… — Jessica Williams Copy Share
I first fell in love with comedy when I'd visit my granny as a kid. Trips to her house meant staying up late drinking… — Jessica Williams Copy Share
As far as diversity's concerned, there's me, there's Al Madrigal, there's Aasif Mandvi. But I'm not walking around feeling black all the time. That… — Jessica Williams Copy Share
When I wake up in night sweats, that's what I'm thinking about: what if someone grabs me from my past and says, 'I heard… — Jessica Williams Copy Share
I grew up hearing, 'You're pretty for a black girl,' 'You speak well for a black girl...' I was really bookish. I was reading… — Jessica Williams Copy Share
