Jessica Williams Quotes
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My natural hair is who I am. I have lots of braids, and I have lots of twists, but it's all very low maintenance. I feel like I can get up and go and get out of the house. I just don't have it in me to get my hair done all the time.
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I'm a young person; sometimes I'm political, sometimes I'm not.
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I live in Brooklyn; I live in Clinton Hill. I love it there.
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Ultimately, when I deliver something, a lot of times it will be from a black woman's perspective, but other times it will be just from a satirical, goofy perspective.
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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 late drinking Coca-Cola and watching 'Saturday Night Live'.
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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 while laughing, they're a weirdo.
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I love relationships; they fascinate me.
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My favorite place in the world is the Harry Potter tour near London.
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As an executive producer, I feel really lucky.
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I'm a middle child, so I have middle-child syndrome. With a middle child, you always have to take in everything and adjust and maybe compromise a little bit so you're able to see both sides of an issue. I'm also a Leo - I love astrology - so that affected me, just being a lion.
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I wasn't prepared to be so... arrested by Jon Hamm.
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It's impossible to be perfect, and you won't do a good job if you're too focused on proving yourself to others.
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I think it's really progressive to talk about race in relationships. I think there is so much room for that, and there needs to be more of it.
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I'm not walking around feeling black all the time. That would stress me out. It would make me crack.
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Don't try to fix anyone, especially not a dude. They're not going to change.
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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 life. He said, 'I really wanna get into stand-up.' I was like, 'Oh, my God, do you realize how interesting and inherently funny you are? Go do all the comedy that you wanna do.' I care about that.
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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 all of the time. I had big glasses.
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Some of the best comedies now are led by women who are very involved: 'Parks and Recreation.' 'Veep's' incredible. I love 'Girls.'
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The last thing I do before bed is think I should take my contacts out. Then I fall asleep.
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I started 'The Daily Show' when I was 22. I was going to class at Long Beach.
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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 relationships.
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I ended up living in braids. It was the '90s - thin braids were very popular - and my mom took me to a lady's kitchen. I got it done, and I've never stopped.
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As I got older, I had to learn to not have people speak for me. It was the first time I recognized, 'Oh, sometimes people are going to condescend to me because I'm a woman, or sometimes people aren't going to give me opportunities because of the way I look.'