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It was very important to me to be with a woman who is better than me at some things. You want someone who brings new, interesting things into your life.

From Jesse Williams

There's so much material out there that's unnecessarily racist. It takes a shot at what is 'urban' or demonstrates blackness with some sassy, neck-jiving character that's not even relevant to the plot. I see it time and time again, and it doesn't move the story forward. It just kind of cryogenically freezes us in this old racial paradigm.

From Jesse Williams

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.

From Jesse Williams

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

From Jesse Williams

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.'

From 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.

From Jesse Williams

You have to be up-front from the very beginning about what your expectations of the other person are, and you can't make any promises you don't intend to keep.

From Jesse Williams

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.

From Jesse Williams

We should all have the opportunity to at least get a basic education and feel that you are worthy of something in life.

From Jesse Williams

As an actor, you want to be able to move your character forward into new ground, but also it's really interesting to go backwards and unpeel those layers and the interesting elements of what your character is and what informs the decisions that you make so that you can have as much meat to work with.

From Jesse Williams

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