16 Jesse Williams Quotes for You to Enjoy

Jesse Williams

American Actor

Born: Aug 5, 1981

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If someone says, 'Democracy is a sham, those people don't speak for me... the system's rigged,' you say, 'Vote.' Someone says, 'I was making a statement by not voting,' and then you say, 'Well I can't hear it.' Jesse Williams

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Storytelling is based on the word, being an honorable person of integrity is based on your word. Jesse Williams

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We often grow up being told that we can do this or that, but if you don't see anybody that looks like you doing it, you don't believe you can do it. But I had great teachers, and I wanted to be a great teacher. Jesse Williams

Blackness is not a monolith. We are not homogenous people; we are not all the same. Jesse Williams

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I'm very grateful and fully aware that 90 percent of actors are not working. Going from public school teacher to a show like 'Grey's Anatomy', I love what I do. Jesse Williams

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That's why the role that I have on 'Grey's Anatomy' is important to me, because it's a human being. He doesn't have to wear race on his sleeve; he doesn't even have to talk about it. We just lead by our actions. Jesse Williams

I grew up in a really horrible school system, but my parents did not let that define how we function. They gave me more work at home from them than I ever got from school. To learn about the history of myself and my people, and that armors me. Jesse Williams

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Storybooks were always a big part of my imagination, and my childhood and adolescence. Jesse Williams

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I like to take credit for the work that I have done. Jesse Williams

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The interesting thing about white power and the desperate white knuckling grip on this thing call whiteness, which is a myth in itself, is that black folks... we're not asking you to invent new laws for us. We're asking you to include us in the laws that are already on the books. Jesse Williams

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The truth we are teaching is that every contribution in the history of the planet came from blonde people. It's not true, and it's destructive, and people are getting killed long term as a result. People don't believe that we deserve it. Jesse Williams

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