Some of the best comedies now are led by women who are very involved: 'Parks and Recreation.' 'Veep's' incredible. I love 'Girls.' — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
I love it when women are like, 'You guys sound like me and my best friend!' — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
I think we need to not speak over black women, not assign them labels. — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
I think women can tell the most profound and interesting and fascinating stories. — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
Oftentimes, as women and women of color, we are put as supporting characters in other people's narratives. With 'Jessica James', she is… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
When you see the way some people write women, especially in studio movies, it's like, 'Sorry! Sorry for being alive!' Women are… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
I feel like, all things aside, it's a really great time to be a woman. And I don't want to hear stories… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
Oh, I'm obsessed with the Kardashians. Not the way that I think a 13- or 14-year-old girl would be, but I find… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
There is more of a demand, especially on the Internet and on Tumblr and Twitter, from women who are like, 'We want… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
I'm always thinking about what a black lady would think about what I'm doing, just because I feel like they have such… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
With '2 Dope Queens,' we get the opportunity to love and enjoy each other and have fun being best friends and being… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
Acting-wise, I love Helena Bonham Carter. I love Kate Winslet. I love Angelina Jolie when she was 'Girl, Interrupted' Angelina Jolie. There… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
Sometimes, you feel like, 'Am I going to be upset about this as a black person or as a woman first? Or… — 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
