Jessica Williams Quotes & Sayings

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

“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'.”

“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.”

“You can learn so much just by observing.”

“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.”

“Get more confidence by doing things that excite and frighten you.”

“I'm six feet tall. No one realizes that because on 'The Daily Show' I'm usually sitting.”

“The last thing I do before bed is think I should take my contacts out. Then I fall asleep.”

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

“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.”