Jessica Williams Quotes

I don't do standup.

I never used to tell jokes on stage. Now I'm cutting up jokes all night long.

I started doing stand-up in college.

I always want to go back and do stand-up; I like the freedom.

Yeah, I do stand-up, my own type of stand-up.

I can't claim to ever have done stand-up.

I've been doing comedy for 20 years now. I started when I was 13 and I think for the first 10 years I was impersonating other people.

Stand-up, I find it really difficult. It's not really my thing.

For me, the way I stay consistent is through stand-up comedy.

I've been doing stand-up since '89.

Cabaret is a great format. All you have to do is sing and be funny sporadically.

Stand-up will always be my first love, and it has been the primary way I've expressed myself since I was 17.

I adore doing comedy, I think it's fantastic. I never saw myself doing exclusively comedy.

Even when I lecture per se, I am a joke comedian, I can do the voices.

Stand-up is the foundation to my career. It's what I started out doing.

I haven't really done a lot of comedy. It's something that terrifies me.

I tend to a lot of improvisational ranting, and that's fun. For me, stand-up has been, performance-wise, a really good outlet.

I never wanted to be road comic.

I had some friends that tried it down there, and I went to a couple of open mics, and I just kind of got this... this sick urge to try it instead of just watching it.

You know, stand-up comedy is where I pretty much started out.

I got into stand-up because I love stand-up. Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punch line.

Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.

Most open-mic experiences I had were okay.

I knew at an early age that I wanted to pursue comedy.

I started comedy in 2006. I didn't even think it was a thing I could do.