I live in Brooklyn; I live in Clinton Hill. I love it there. — Jessica Williams Brooklyn Copy Share Image
I think we need to not speak over black women, not assign them labels. — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
I'm six feet tall. No one realizes that because on 'The Daily Show' I'm usually sitting. — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
Race affects everything that I do, and everything that I create speaks to intersectionality. — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
I'm not walking around feeling black all the time. That would stress me out. It would make me crack. — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
For me, so far, confidence has been a journey, not a destination. — Jessica Williams Confidence 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 Comedy Copy Share Image
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… — 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 Comedy Copy Share Image
There's something missing in all this new new media craziness, and that is something that uses celebrity news as a way to… — Jessica Williams Celebrity Copy Share Image
I look for a man who respects my womanhood and doesn't make me feel like I have to be a stereotype. Like… — 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 Comedy Copy Share Image
We're all trying to catch up with Beyonce. We're all running a race, and Beyonce is up there, and we're all just… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
I live in Brooklyn, and there's so many interracial couples in Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, you don't talk about race like that. — Jessica Williams Brooklyn 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 Acting 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
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
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 Comedy Copy Share Image
'The Daily Show' was like my family. We had dogs in the office every day, all day. It was just such a… — Jessica Williams Beautiful Copy Share Image
My natural hair is who I am. I have lots of braids, and I have lots of twists, but it's all very… — 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 Comedy Copy Share Image
The black experience for me has been very interesting. Some days, I wake up, and I feel really black. Some days, I'm… — 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 loved doing 'Frisky Business.' I didn't come up with it. I think John Oliver and the writers did. — Jessica Williams Business Copy Share Image
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… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
I ended up living in braids. It was the '90s - thin braids were very popular - and my mom took me… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
That's how me and my friends are. We love our personal relationships, but we have things we want to accomplish. — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
Basketball would have been the natural sport to play, but it's a little too aggressive for me, so instead I dabbled in… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
I read so much Harry Potter, that's, like, all I wanted to talk about. I watched stuff like 'Lizzie McGuire.' I watched… — Jessica Williams Harry potter Copy Share Image
I have never been a 'hair person.' Growing up, my mom and my sister, who loved to get their hair done, would… — Jessica Williams Hair Copy Share Image
I'm always battling how to be in a relationship while simultaneously maintaining my independence and my career. — Jessica Williams Career Copy Share Image
I don't know how to cook. I work a lot. So, for me, then, it's important to find a man who can… — 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
'Sex and the City' didn't change the show because it was an international sensation. They kept it in New York. — Jessica Williams Change Copy Share Image
Ultimately, when I deliver something, a lot of times it will be from a black woman's perspective, but other times it will… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
I think it's really progressive to talk about race in relationships. I think there is so much room for that, and there… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
I really like when different stories are represented, it's not just the same kind of person, and when there's humor in it,… — Jessica Williams Humor Copy Share Image
