Comedy Quotes by Jessica Williams

10 Comedy quotes by Jessica Williams

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Jessica Williams’s ten remarks on comedy blend sharp social insight with playful sarcasm. This short selection provides a quick, engaging look at her vibrant comedic voice.

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I don't really do stand-up.

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There's truth in comedy, and that resonates with people of all races.

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I first fell in love with comedy when I'd visit my granny as a kid. Trips to her house meant staying up…

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The popularity of '2 Dope Queens' just showed there was like a hunger for new stories because we have alternative comics on…

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I think great comedy comes from the oppressed. It comes from feeling like you've gotten punched up in a way.

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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…

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Really, laughing is such a strange reaction to something. The idea of it is so bizarre, so instinctual, and kind of magical.

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It's a really nice way to cut your teeth, doing live shows. It's like going to the gym because you do have…

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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…

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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…

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When I talk about feminism, sometimes I feel like being a black woman is cast aside.

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Race affects everything that I do, and everything that I create speaks to intersectionality.

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Sometimes, you feel like, 'Am I going to be upset about this as a black person or as a woman first? Or am I…

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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,…

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'The Daily Show' was like my family. We had dogs in the office every day, all day. It was just such a warm, beautiful,…

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I don't really like conflict at all, and I really find conflict pretty devastating. I try to avoid it at all costs.

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I'm a young correspondent, so sometimes I'm just young. Sometimes I'm just straightforward.

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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…

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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',…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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