- 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.
- I think we need to not speak over black women, not assign them labels.
- 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.
- 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.
- For me, so far, confidence has been a journey, not a destination.
- 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.
- When I talk about feminism, sometimes I feel like being a black woman is cast aside.
- Get more confidence by doing things that excite and frighten you.
- 'The Daily Show' was like my family. We had dogs in the office every day, all day. It was just such a warm, beautiful, sweet experience for me. Choosing to leave the show was so hard because I really, really loved everybody there, and I loved what it gave me and the platform it gave me.
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