Nico Santos Quotes

Nico Santos

Profession : Actor

Birth : April 7, 1979

My family always believed in me, even when I didn't. Having that love and support made me not afraid of failing. I knew my mom would be proud of me just for taking a chance and pursuing my dream.

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Never in a million years would I have imagined that this is how my life would have ended up. I just thought I would be living in the States, doing a regular job.

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I hate that femininity in a gay men is a 'stereotype.'

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I miss Philippine mangoes, you just can't get them here. Mangoes, you can't get lanzones here, you can't get siniguelas, all these fruits that I grew up with.

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You rarely see a Filipino family on TV.

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I think any immigrant who comes to this country also knows somebody who is undocumented.

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We must work to change in our hearts and minds what it looks like to be undocumented. It is the high schooler dreaming of college who isn't aware of his status. It is the single mother working grueling hours in a warehouse just to provide for her children. It is the family that sits next to you in church. It is your neighbor.

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Femme people exist, and they are layered and they are complex and they are intelligent.

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I often get asked which 'Superstore' episode is my favorite. That's such a hard question to answer. It's like being asked: Which of your children (and by children, I mean shoes) do you like best?

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In the early '80s, my family vacationed to the United States.

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My brother joined the Army. He served multiple tours in Iraq and now lives in Texas with his family.

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We all need to call upon our lawmakers to create a path to citizenship for hard-working, law-abiding undocumented people and their families.

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I don't think people should be afraid of portraying people with accents, especially Asian accents.

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People with accents exist and just because they have an accent doesn't mean they're less intelligent or what-have-you.

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First of all, Asian representation hardly exists to begin with.

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It still baffles my brain that I actually get to portray a character on American television that's this gay, femme-y Filipino guy.

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It's really mind-boggling to me when I think about where I started and where I am now. It's kind of insane.

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I didn't want to do Chekhov or Shakespeare. So I switched my major from acting to costume design. Eventually, I got a job working as a wardrobe assistant for a theater company. I would dress the actors, fix their costumes, do the quick changes for them and all that stuff.

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My intent when I moved to L.A. was to get in good with the comedy clubs and, eventually, try to break into Comedy Central and have my half hour special.

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Superstore' is, like, my fifth acting job.

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