Jessica Williams Quotes & Sayings

Basketball would have been the natural sport to play, but it's a little too aggressive for me, so instead I dabbled in volleyball and some good old-fashioned Roller Derby. — Jessica Williams

I'm six feet tall. No one realizes that because on 'The Daily Show' I'm usually sitting. — Jessica Williams

You can learn so much just by observing. — Jessica Williams

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

My favorite place in the world is the Harry Potter tour near London. — Jessica Williams

Get more confidence by doing things that excite and frighten you. — Jessica Williams

The last thing I do before bed is think I should take my contacts out. Then I fall asleep. — Jessica Williams

It's impossible to be perfect, and you won't do a good job if you're too focused on proving yourself to others. — Jessica Williams

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

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. — Jessica Williams

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'. — Jessica Williams

I want to write and direct and kind of do my own thing. — Jessica Williams

You don't have to be African American to really enjoy 'Frisky Business'. But as far as being black, a lot of people in New York have been stopped and frisked, so that hits home for them. — Jessica Williams

As far as diversity's concerned, there's me, there's Al Madrigal, there's Aasif Mandvi. But I'm not walking around feeling black all the time. That would stress me out. — Jessica Williams