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Nico Santos

American Actor

Born: Apr 7, 1979

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

Gay Hate Men Stereotype Femininity

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

People Complex Layered Femme Exist Intelligent

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? Nico Santos

Best You Shoes Favorite Like Answer Question Get Often Being Children Which Mean Asked Episode Your Hard

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

Family States United United States Early

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

First First Of All Exists Begin Representation Asian Hardly

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. Nico Santos

Job Design Changes Would Dress Shakespeare Costume Costumes Stuff Major Chekhov Got Quick Fix Want Theater Wardrobe Them Working Acting Company Actor Eventually Switched Assistant

The fact that I am a Filipino actor playing a Filipino role is crazy. Filipinos are the second largest Asian minority in the United States, and we're hardly represented in the media and on television. Nico Santos

Crazy Minority States Television Fact Am Role Asian Filipino Media United Actor United States Largest Hardly Second Playing

When I moved to L.A., I had no intention of really pursuing acting. I wanted to focus on stand-up. It's crazy to me that my acting career took off much faster than my stand-up career. Nico Santos

Me Crazy Focus Faster Took No Intention Pursuing Had Off Than Intention Moved Wanted Much Really Acting Acting Career Career

I'm portraying out characters, I'm portraying femme characters, characters that are really outside of the box. I never thought I would get that opportunity to portray those characters at all, much less have a career that I have. Nico Santos

Opportunity Thought Those Out Characters Would Outside Never Box Femme Get Much Really Less Portray Portraying Career

My dad was undocumented for a period of time, my mom was also undocumented for a period of time. Nico Santos

Time Mom Period Also Undocumented Dad

I love my mom! She's just great and so happy for me that I'm living my dream. Nico Santos

Love Mom Great Me Happy Living Dream She Just

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

Somebody Country Think Immigrant Also Knows Undocumented Any Who

I've gotten auditions with as little as two hours' notice. Those don't go so well! Nico Santos

Those Hours Well Gotten Auditions Go Little Notice Two

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. Nico Santos

You Miss Up Get Just Grew Fruits Them Here

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. Nico Santos

Life Job Thought My Life Living States Would Would-Be Never How Doing Years Up Ended Just Regular Million Million Years Imagined

My mom is definitely crazy. She would totally be a stage mom if I was a child actor. Nico Santos

Mom Crazy Stage Definitely Would Totally She Child Child Actor Actor

When I got that role of Mateo in 'Superstore,' it was such a huge victory for me, professionally and personally. Nico Santos

Me Victory Got Huge Role Personally Professionally

I come from Oregon, which is this super-white state, so I didn't really have a lot of Asian friends in high school and college. And my background's in comedy, and your friends are just your peers in comedy, which is a whole mix of people. Nico Santos

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