You're never going to look perfect to yourself even if you might look perfect to somebody else.

I have a huge rib cage, which is why I can hold a note out until I'm blue in the face... because I have such a big lung capacity.

I've come to realize that the more I censor myself, the less people relate to me.

To be a mentor for up-and-coming artists is right up my alley.

I really don't look at myself as just one thing. I'm kind of scattered and like to have my hands in a lot of different projects. It makes me who I am.

Image is the most important thing about someone's career and longevity.

I don't regret anything I've gone through.

I'm big-busted... I can't always wear the cutest bras, and it makes me so mad.

I'm never going to be a woman who doesn't work.

People always say that pregnant women have a glow. And I say it's because you're sweating to death.

I have a flirtatious personality.

Life is definitely always about expanding. That's how we grow.

I'm a woman who wants her chocolate.

Normally, I'm so shy.

I adore John Mayer. I don't see how anything that surrounds John could be negative.

As a woman who has some sort of power, you have to have a man that can take that. It's hard to find those men.

I really want to be just a singer-songwriter. That's who I am.

I think that having a public career is a bargain with the devil.

I don't ever wanna come across too intimidating, so as long as I look like you can come up and give me a hug, that's good.

I think Angelina Jolie has done amazing, amazing things, and the international adoption rate just since her has skyrocketed. It's unbelievable.

I don't even have a type! I don't have a physical type. I have an emotional type.

Get more confidence by doing things that excite and frighten you.

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

For me, so far, confidence has been a journey, not a destination.

I'm a middle child, so I have middle-child syndrome. With a middle child, you always have to take in everything and adjust and maybe compromise a little bit so you're able to see both sides of an issue. I'm also a Leo - I love astrology - so that affected me, just being a lion.

Oftentimes, as women and women of color, we are put as supporting characters in other people's narratives. With 'Jessica James', she is the star of her own narrative.

I think we need to not speak over black women, not assign them labels.

I'm a tomboy, but I really love doing my makeup - I find it relaxing and grounding. With 'The Daily Show,' it was easier for me to do my own makeup. In the beginning, I watched a lot of YouTube tutorials. You find a beauty blogger who has your skin tone, and pretty much everything they use will look good on you.

When I wake up in night sweats, that's what I'm thinking about: what if someone grabs me from my past and says, 'I heard you drag me to filth on your podcast.'

Oh, I'm obsessed with the Kardashians. Not the way that I think a 13- or 14-year-old girl would be, but I find them fascinating. They are so rich. They are also, at the end of the day, women of color.

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

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

I think people have a lot of layers. I know I do in particular.

There's truth in comedy, and that resonates with people of all races.

I loved doing 'Frisky Business.' I didn't come up with it. I think John Oliver and the writers did.

There's milk-and-cookies Grandma, and there's Colt 45 and Atlantic City Grandma. She was the latter.

I think we can topple the patriarchy by using our voices to speak out against things that aren't right and that we don't agree with. I think for people who are not people of color or members of the LGBT community, it is being an ally and being an advocate in spaces that people of color or members of the LGBT community can't really get into.

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!'.

I used to think men were these idiots who just yelled at you on the street. But, part of my maturing was realizing that not all men are evil or monsters.

I thought I was going to be hired as a contributor, but 'The Daily Show' was like, 'Nah, it's an election year, we want you to come over here and work full-time.'

I can be pretty harsh and judgmental. I'm a very harsh and judgmental person. I like morals, right and wrong. I like to see things in black-and-white when I can, so I will hold a lot of guys to an impossible standard.

Basketball would have been the natural sport to play, but it's a little too aggressive for me, so instead I dabbled in volleyball and some good old-fashioned Roller Derby.

The last thing I do before bed is think I should take my contacts out. Then I fall asleep.

The Kardashians are walking clickbait - but let's look closer. Do Kim and Kanye affect how society feels about interracial relationships and blended families?

I wanted to do screenwriting. That's what I went to school for, but my major was overfilled, and when I got 'The Daily Show', I was a semester away from officially starting my major, so I never started that in particular.

Me and Cate Blanchett have the same job, technically.

Some days I'll be like, 'I didn't do anything great today,' and I'll be bummed. And some days I'll wake up, and I'm like, 'I am the dopest woman to exist on Earth'.

I love relationships; they fascinate me.

You don't have to be African American to really enjoy 'Frisky Business'. But as far as being black, a lot of people in New York have been stopped and frisked, so that hits home for them.

I think women can tell the most profound and interesting and fascinating stories.