Janelle James

I'll only diet for a Marvel movie. I will give up bacon and waffles to be Storm.

— Janelle James

He's done enough for me. He didn't make my career or anything. I was never close with Chris Rock. We went on…

— Janelle James

If you don't like your therapist, find another.

— Janelle James

It always is easier to have someone listen to you if you disarm them with the laughter first. It seems like a…

— Janelle James

I've done everything I possibly can to make my phone think I'm 22. I haven't used capital letters in years.

— Janelle James

I'm never one to claim a celebrity as a friend unless I know their mama's name or something like that.

— Janelle James

Having someone else write for you is cake!

— Janelle James

I just like watching young women living for themselves and traveling.

— Janelle James

I suppose I'll do my dramatic turn that comedians do at some point, I'll do my 'Patch Adams' or what not.

— Janelle James

Your objective is to make people laugh and then sneak your thoughts in underneath the jokes. If your thoughts are on top,…

— Janelle James

I wait till everyone leaves a social media site before I go on. I wait till everyone says it's over and then…

— Janelle James

I enjoy Chris Rock. Bill Burr. Wanda Sykes. I enjoy the legends. But no one is like Richard Pryor. Before I knew…

— Janelle James

That's hard to write something that makes you laugh out loud.

— Janelle James

You never know where people come from or what they've been through, and you meet them in the middle.

— Janelle James

One thing I always say about my mom is we were so poor, but she always made sure that we got whatever…

— Janelle James

Education shouldn't be only for people with money. That seems like a no-brainer to me.

— Janelle James

I am a confident person. This isn't something that I've always been, it's something I've worked on.

— Janelle James

People have this idea of motherhood, the same way they have an idea of women as we reach a certain age.

— Janelle James

I've had a boss like that, where the things they're saying and doing are awful, but they say it and do it…

— Janelle James

I don't think of politics as some different subject I have to approach cautiously. My 'act' is me and my thoughts and…

— Janelle James

I can admire people without being a weirdo about it.

— Janelle James

I was attracted to getting to play a bigger personality.

— Janelle James

I know I'm funny. I know how to perform. I know how to hit a joke.

— Janelle James

I will not ask people to fund my ridiculous dreams.

— Janelle James

There're so many men walking around with confidence that's unearned. If women do the same, they're monsters. I'm confident in my abilities,…

— Janelle James