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I don't think I'll ever be a housewife.
You can learn so much just by observing.
I love relationships; they fascinate me.
Every day when I wake up, I check Instagram.
My parents have always been very supportive.
As an executive producer, I feel really lucky.
I wasn't prepared to be so... arrested by Jon Hamm.
Me and Cate Blanchett have the same job, technically.
I want to write and direct and kind of do my own thing.
'The Daily Show' was amazing because I learned so much.
I live in Brooklyn; I live in Clinton Hill. I love it there.
I think people have a lot of layers. I know I do in particular.
I'm a young person; sometimes I'm political, sometimes I'm not.
For me, so far, confidence has been a journey, not a destination.
Get more confidence by doing things that excite and frighten you.
When I was a young lady, I never fantasized about getting married.
My favorite place in the world is the Harry Potter tour near London.
There's truth in comedy, and that resonates with people of all races.
I think we need to not speak over black women, not assign them labels.
A lot of the time, black people, we don't introduce ourselves as black.
Height has been very, very central to the development of my personality.
I love it when women are like, 'You guys sound like me and my best friend!'
Don't try to fix anyone, especially not a dude. They're not going to change.
I started 'The Daily Show' when I was 22. I was going to class at Long Beach.
I think women can tell the most profound and interesting and fascinating stories.
When I talk about feminism, sometimes I feel like being a black woman is cast aside.
I'm six feet tall. No one realizes that because on 'The Daily Show' I'm usually sitting.
The last thing I do before bed is think I should take my contacts out. Then I fall asleep.
I'm a young correspondent, so sometimes I'm just young. Sometimes I'm just straightforward.
Race affects everything that I do, and everything that I create speaks to intersectionality.
I enjoy romantic comedies in general. I like them when they're bad, I like when they're good.
I loved doing 'Frisky Business.' I didn't come up with it. I think John Oliver and the writers did.
I'm not walking around feeling black all the time. That would stress me out. It would make me crack.
There's milk-and-cookies Grandma, and there's Colt 45 and Atlantic City Grandma. She was the latter.
I think great comedy comes from the oppressed. It comes from feeling like you've gotten punched up in a way.
'Sex and the City' didn't change the show because it was an international sensation. They kept it in New York.
I'm always battling how to be in a relationship while simultaneously maintaining my independence and my career.
That's how me and my friends are. We love our personal relationships, but we have things we want to accomplish.
It's impossible to be perfect, and you won't do a good job if you're too focused on proving yourself to others.
I don't really like conflict at all, and I really find conflict pretty devastating. I try to avoid it at all costs.
I look for a man who respects my womanhood and doesn't make me feel like I have to be a stereotype. Like a housewife.
I live in Brooklyn, and there's so many interracial couples in Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, you don't talk about race like that.
Really, laughing is such a strange reaction to something. The idea of it is so bizarre, so instinctual, and kind of magical.
There's a really positive side of being an introvert - you really pick up on things a lot more than your extroverted counterparts.
Some of the best comedies now are led by women who are very involved: 'Parks and Recreation.' 'Veep's' incredible. I love 'Girls.'
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 days, I do feel that pressure of, 'What do I mean as a black woman? What am I representing?' It honestly just gives me anxiety.
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 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!'.
When you see the way some people write women, especially in studio movies, it's like, 'Sorry! Sorry for being alive!' Women are so apologetic.