Some days I'll be like, 'I didn't do anything great today,' and I'll be bummed. And some days I'll wake up, and I'm like, 'I am the dopest woman to exist on Earth'.

Jessica Williams

It's cool to see a woman be like, 'This is what I want - this is what I don't want.' It's good to see someone making choices for themselves.

Jessica Williams

There's milk-and-cookies Grandma, and there's Colt 45 and Atlantic City Grandma. She was the latter.

Jessica Williams

Oftentimes, as women and women of color, we are put as supporting characters in other people's narratives. With 'Jessica James', she is the star of her own narrative.

Jessica Williams

Sometimes, you feel like, 'Am I going to be upset about this as a black person or as a woman first? Or am I gonna be both?' Because some things inherently affect black women; some things affect you as a woman and not a black person; and some things just affect you as a black person.

Jessica Williams

I had to get used to seeing Samantha Bee around. I had to get used to seeing Jon, like, getting a bagel, and to John Oliver, and all these people whom I had seen on TV. Colbert would sometimes drop by. I had to get used to being a part of this multiple-Emmy-winning machine and being this 22-year-old black girl who was really green.

Jessica Williams

I'm a young person; sometimes I'm political, sometimes I'm not.

Jessica Williams

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.

Jessica Williams

The color and the diversity dies out, and it gets whiter and whiter, and that's in any field. There is also this idea that there can only be one gay person or there can only be one Asian-American woman in the office, and so it also perpetuates itself where we are isolated, especially the more successful we get.

Jessica Williams

Oh, I'm obsessed with the Kardashians. Not the way that I think a 13- or 14-year-old girl would be, but I find them fascinating. They are so rich. They are also, at the end of the day, women of color.

Jessica Williams

I focused on my career. I grew up super Christian, both my parents are ministers, so I did a purity ceremony when I was a teenager.

Jessica Williams

I think great comedy comes from the oppressed. It comes from feeling like you've gotten punched up in a way.

Jessica Williams

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.

Jessica Williams

Really, laughing is such a strange reaction to something. The idea of it is so bizarre, so instinctual, and kind of magical.

Jessica Williams

That's how me and my friends are. We love our personal relationships, but we have things we want to accomplish.

Jessica Williams

When I talk about feminism, sometimes I feel like being a black woman is cast aside.

Jessica Williams

I always feel like I'm warring with my womanhood and wanting the world to be better, and with my blackness - which is the opposite of whiteness.

Jessica Williams

I think we need to not speak over black women, not assign them labels.

Jessica Williams

I think people have a lot of layers. I know I do in particular.

Jessica Williams

With '2 Dope Queens,' we get the opportunity to love and enjoy each other and have fun being best friends and being women of color and talking about our personal experience. Also, we give an opportunity to elevate voices for many different people that otherwise would not get such a large platform.

Jessica Williams

Jessica Williams Quotes

Some days I'll be like, 'I didn't do anything great today,' and I'll be bummed. And some days I'll wake up, and I'm like, 'I am the dopest woman to exist on Earth'.

It's cool to see a woman be like, 'This is what I want - this is what I don't want.' It's good to see someone making choices for themselves.

There's milk-and-cookies Grandma, and there's Colt 45 and Atlantic City Grandma. She was the latter.

Oftentimes, as women and women of color, we are put as supporting characters in other people's narratives. With 'Jessica James', she is the star of her own narrative.

Sometimes, you feel like, 'Am I going to be upset about this as a black person or as a woman first? Or am I gonna be both?' Because some things inherently affect black women; some things affect you as a woman and not a black person; and some things just affect you as a black person.

I'm a young person; sometimes I'm political, sometimes I'm not.

Oh, I'm obsessed with the Kardashians. Not the way that I think a 13- or 14-year-old girl would be, but I find them fascinating. They are so rich. They are also, at the end of the day, women of color.

I focused on my career. I grew up super Christian, both my parents are ministers, so I did a purity ceremony when I was a teenager.

I think great comedy comes from the oppressed. It comes from feeling like you've gotten punched up in a way.

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.

Really, laughing is such a strange reaction to something. The idea of it is so bizarre, so instinctual, and kind of magical.

That's how me and my friends are. We love our personal relationships, but we have things we want to accomplish.

When I talk about feminism, sometimes I feel like being a black woman is cast aside.

I always feel like I'm warring with my womanhood and wanting the world to be better, and with my blackness - which is the opposite of whiteness.

I think we need to not speak over black women, not assign them labels.

I think people have a lot of layers. I know I do in particular.

With '2 Dope Queens,' we get the opportunity to love and enjoy each other and have fun being best friends and being women of color and talking about our personal experience. Also, we give an opportunity to elevate voices for many different people that otherwise would not get such a large platform.