Jessica Williams Quotes

My whole life is an interracial relationship! It's inescapable. I am who I am.

I think all races are represented in America much more than in many other places, but it's also nice to remind people about that ethnic mix. I would like to see more black models and women from different ethnic backgrounds, but I also think that when you are casting, you just choose the most beautiful girl you can find.

Mostly I'm proud to be an African-American woman, but I'm glad I have a universal look as well.

Colored people come in all colors.

I want to see more Asian. I want to see more Latin. I want more Indian. There's more than Mindy Kaling out there, guys! There's more than Bai Ling.

I want to be able to let people who aren't used to seeing a Santa of color say, 'Wow, there he is.' It's time for America to diversify.

People have black skin, people have brown skin. I have both.

I knew exactly what I was, and there was no hang-up with me. None whatsoever. The fact that the pigment of my skin maybe being lighter brown than other people of my race, maybe some of them, but you know our race has all colors.

I am a black man inside and outside and you are white men on the outside, but inside, you are Africans like me.

I used to joke for years that I was a black man. I adopted the black culture, the black race. I married a black woman, and I had black kids. I always considered myself a 'brother.'

You can't have too many books featuring people of color, just like you can't have too many books featuring white people.

No one tells every white person in this country how to be. No one tells every Hispanic, or Asian or Jewish person in this country how to be. There is no single definition of whiteness or single definition of blackness.

It's not enough even to have one black Barbie... because black women are not a monolith.

For me, I actively look for projects that showcase people of color.

I think being biracial is a different experience. I think that, and coming from the U.K., I feel as much white as I do black. And so it's really important for me to address these issues of identity in my work. But also, you know, we're always stronger when we work on, you know, what we have in common. And I love exploring that in my work.

In my opinion, it would be a lot better for the culture - meaning the culture of America - if there was more diversity in terms of storyline. In terms of the kind of content that you see about Americans of African descent on the screen.

I know I'm a black actor, but really, I'm an actor who happens to be black.

I'm a member of a very complex and richly valued race.

I knew there were calls for diversity in children's lit, but you always wonder as a person of color, how diverse is too diverse?

We're not monolithic. What is blackness? To me, how do you define that?

I would say 'The Big Narstie Show' is the United Colours of Benetton; it's for everyone. But I would definitely say that it has a black appeal, because that's what I am.

I like representing different kinds of black people - showing they exist.

I am African-American, and I am a proud African-American. I just don't like to put myself in a box and say, 'I'm an African-American actress.' I am an American actress, and I can do any kind of role.

There were no small brown kids as the centre of the children's fiction I grew up with.

I want to represent my color and ethnicity. To be proud of our heritages is really cool.