Nicole Byer Quotes

Nicole Byer

Profession : Comedian

Birth : August 29, 1986

When I was little, I used to love eating peanut butter sandwiches with tomatoes, and they would have to be on potato bread. I loved them. It's so weird, and I can't imagine eating it now, but I used to love eating them. It's a lot of flavors.

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I'm not heavily into baking.

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I've done a handful of voiceover and on-camera jobs where I've been asked to 'be blacker.' That's code for sassier, more ghetto, more neck rolls and snaps.

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Typecasting is a thing, but when it involves race, it narrows the roles available to an almost comically small amount.

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I perform at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, where my race and gender are rarely pointed out.

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I want to bring my color and background to the table because it makes life - and entertainment - more interesting.

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I know Jonathan Van Ness from comedy, and he's got this wonderful show on Funny or Die called 'Gay of Thrones.'

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I'm generally a positive person.

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My mom was a really positive, jovial person, so I try to keep it upbeat like that.

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I would say I have more in common with drag queens than I do with most people.

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My favorite thing from Dairy Queen is a Peanut Buster Parfait, which is: fudge at the bottom, vanilla ice cream, some peanuts, fudge, peanuts, ice cream, fudge, and it's layered. But I also really like peanut butter cups, so I'll put peanut butter cups in there.

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I was a server for a while, and I was a very bad one. So when people tipped me well, I felt like it was like, 'Let's get her out of here so she can get a new job.'

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I'm not a baker, and I don't know anything about baking, and I don't claim to.

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I don't think anyone gets into comedy to host a baking show.

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Making food is a labor of love - it's a nice thing to do for your loved ones to show you care about them, that you took the time to make them something. But for me, I don't cook. I would much rather hop in my car and go to a restaurant.

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I am surprisingly very sensitive.

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I'm not conventionally beautiful, but what is beauty? Beauty is whatever you want it to be.

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