Jesse Williams
Jesse Williams
Jesse Wesley Williams is an American actor, model, and activist, best known for his role as Dr. Jackson Avery on the ABC Television series Grey's Anatomy. He also appears in the 2013 film Lee Daniels' The Butler as real life civil rights leader Rev. James Lawson. Previous roles include Holden in The Cabin in the Woods, Officer Eddie Quinlan in Brooklyn's Finestand as Leo, Lena's boyfriend, in the film sequel The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth5 August 1981
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
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.
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.
Coming from New York, you're kind of indoctrinated with anti-L.A. sentiment, but California is just a really dope state.
We should all have the opportunity to at least get a basic education and feel that you are worthy of something in life.
I am glad I get to do it again.
I am hoping to do the same dunks I did last year. Hopefully I will perfect them.
I'm always trying to find the next comedian that just gives me something a little funny to combine with all of the depressing news that I'm processing.
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.
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.
I've got to take it easy. Maybe win the meet and then stop possibly and focus on the long jump and try to score in that.
It seems like there's a little hatred win we step over there and they see our colors. I don't feel that hatred when they come over here. It makes me compete at a higher level.
It was just a start to a great season. Everyone is welcome to come out and watch all of these future stars. And, I just want to say that the Port St. John Little League wouldn't be as great as it is without the help of all of our volunteers.
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.
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.