Jessica Williams Quotes
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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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My parents have always been very supportive.
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I think that's what's so great about 'Jessica James' is you get to sit back and take a moment and realize that this person is black. And some days, this character wakes up and feels black, and some days, she doesn't. That is, for me, a fully black experience.
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I read so much Harry Potter, that's, like, all I wanted to talk about. I watched stuff like 'Lizzie McGuire.' I watched things that were very mainstream but white, and I went to a predominately white school.
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You can learn so much just by observing.
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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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Height has been very, very central to the development of my personality.
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I don't think I'll ever be a housewife.
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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 to ask for. I don't think that's something I should apologize for.
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I loved doing 'Frisky Business.' I didn't come up with it. I think John Oliver and the writers did.
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I live in Brooklyn, and there's so many interracial couples in Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, you don't talk about race like that.
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When I talk about feminism, sometimes I feel like being a black woman is cast aside.