Nicole Byer Quotes

Nicole Byer

Profession : Comedian

Birth : August 29, 1986

My style is like, if I were to time travel to the '80s or '90s, I would fit in, but they would be like, 'Something's off about her.'

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People don't listen to each other anymore, and I think that's why people get offended or their feelings get hurt: because you're not actually listening to the person that's giving you signals they're upset.

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I'm just - I'm a child.

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I'm very silly.

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I search my name on Twitter because I don't want to miss the compliments, and I favorite the nice things people say about me so they know I saw it. People are more positive than they are negative, and I try not to harp on the negative.

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Comedy can do so much more than make you laugh.

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I moved to New York and went to a performing arts college, but it wasn't until UCB that I started performing on the regular, figuring out how I'm funny, why I'm funny, and how to play with an audience.

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Putting a wig on and a costume and doing a wacky character is always fun.

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Improv is so freeing because there are no bounds; there's no safety net. You just say something and get an instant response.

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Feeling supported when you are doing comedy is the best way to make comedy - at least, that's how I think.

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On '90 Day Bae,' Marcy Jarreau and I recap '90 Day Fiancee' because it's just the most insane, funniest show on television.

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In my comedy, I'm not always trying to say something, but when I'm playing a creepy dude, you're laughing because you know that creepy dude. You've heard that dude say something awful, and I'm just putting a little creative spin on it.

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People like me as a host.

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I'm very, very comfortable with who I am.

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I think we go through the world feeling alone and singular, and you forget that your one story is probably the same as millions of people's stories. Maybe with different specifics. But a lot of people experience the same things.

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To see another fat girl on television, I think, is really powerful. I'm happy to open the doors for a younger generation of fat, black women to be visible, to be seen, to be heard.

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It's so hard for me to insult people.

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I'm not mean. I can't do a roast.

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I love therapy. I talk about it a lot because I feel like, especially among black people, it's stigmatized.

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I love potato bread. It's so good.

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