Jessica Williams

“I live in Brooklyn; I live in Clinton Hill. I love it there.”

“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.”

“Race affects everything that I do, and everything that I create speaks to intersectionality.”

“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.”

“There's such an adrenaline rush for me on stage and having all these people look at you. There's an adrenaline rush from not having things written down, too.”

“Every day when I wake up, I check Instagram.”

“I wasn't prepared to be so... arrested by Jon Hamm.”

“I'm a young correspondent, so sometimes I'm just young. Sometimes I'm just straightforward.”

“We're all trying to catch up with Beyonce. We're all running a race, and Beyonce is up there, and we're all just trying to run and get there. That's my motivation.”

“There is more of a demand, especially on the Internet and on Tumblr and Twitter, from women who are like, 'We want to see more of us on TV!'.”

“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.”

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

“I'm always battling how to be in a relationship while simultaneously maintaining my independence and my career.”

“'Sex and the City' didn't change the show because it was an international sensation. They kept it in New York.”

“Don't try to fix anyone, especially not a dude. They're not going to change.”

“Me and Cate Blanchett have the same job, technically.”

“I enjoy romantic comedies in general. I like them when they're bad, I like when they're good.”

“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.”

“Some of the best comedies now are led by women who are very involved: 'Parks and Recreation.' 'Veep's' incredible. I love 'Girls.'”

“There's a really positive side of being an introvert - you really pick up on things a lot more than your extroverted counterparts.”