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Nicole Byer
American
Comedian
Born:
Aug 29
,
1986
Because
Comedy
Love
Me
People
You
Related authors:
George Carlin
Groucho Marx
Milton Berle
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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.
Nicole Byer
Queen
Dairy
Favorite
Favorite Thing
Vanilla
Some
Layered
Bottom
Put
Like
Also
Cups
Which
Ice
Ice Cream
Cream
Really
Buster
Butter
Thing
Peanut
Peanut Butter
Peanuts
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.
Nicole Byer
Funny
College
Out
New
Performing
Performing Arts
Until
Audience
How
York
Moved
Arts
New York
Regular
Figuring
Why
Play
Started
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.'
Nicole Byer
Time
Travel
Style
Would
Would-Be
About
Something
Like
Were
Off
Fit
Time Travel
Her
Improv is so freeing because there are no bounds; there's no safety net. You just say something and get an instant response.
Nicole Byer
You
Safety
Say
Response
Net
Something
Instant
Freeing
Bounds
Safety Net
Because
Improv
Get
Just
I've said it before, but I'll say it again because you can't say it enough: Your skin is beautiful - dark, light, in the middle, whatever. Brown is beautiful. Your hair is beautiful. If you wear a weave, it's beautiful. If you choose to be natural, that's beautiful. Also, you are enough.
Nicole Byer
Beautiful
You
Natural
Dark
Light
Hair
Before
Whatever
Skin
Enough
Say
Wear
Weave
Brown
Also
Because
Said
Middle
Again
Your
Choose
Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would look people in the face and be like, 'Your snake cake's not good.'
Nicole Byer
Dreams
Good
People
Cake
Face
Snake
Think
Wildest
Wildest Dreams
Would
Never
Like
Look
Did
Your
It's easier to cast yourself in something you've written because you know your voice.
Nicole Byer
You
Yourself
Easier
Something
Cast
Voice
Written
Know
Because
Your
It's so hard for me to insult people.
Nicole Byer
Me
People
Insult
Hard
If someone is going to say something nasty to me about my body, that means my body is powerful. If you really stopped your day because you needed to say something to me, that's power.
Nicole Byer
Day
Me
You
Power
Say
About
Someone
Something
Powerful
Because
Nasty
Going
Stopped
Really
Body
Means
Your
Needed
If you want to change your body, that's well within your means to do that, but if you don't want to change your body, you need to accept it and embrace it.
Nicole Byer
You
Change
Embrace
Well
Accept
Within
Want
Body
Means
Your
Your Body
Need
I had a casting director tell me to be blacker.
Nicole Byer
Me
Director
Tell
Casting
Had
It's not a weakness to admit that you're wrong.
Nicole Byer
You
Weakness
Admit
Wrong
The way I toe the line with comedy is I run jokes past people.
Nicole Byer
Jokes
People
Comedy
Past
Way
Run
Line
Toe
What I needed to do was carve out parts for me, roles for me that weren't just the sidekick, where I got to be the lead, because that's breaking through.
Nicole Byer
Me
Sidekick
Out
Carve
Through
Lead
Parts
Because
Got
Were
Roles
Just
Where
Breaking
Needed
I think I saw 'Ghost' at, like, 6 or 7 - like, a little too early to see 'Ghost' - but I would watch Whoopi over any kids' thing. Everything she did was so funny, and all of her scenes are almost like sketches.
Nicole Byer
Funny
Think
Too
Everything
Saw
Ghost
Kids
Would
See
Scenes
Almost
Over
Like
She
Did
Any
Little
Sketches
Her
Thing
Watch
Early
You don't need someone to complete you.
Nicole Byer
You
Complete
Someone
Need
I get it - there are very few black female actresses who have been given chances.
Nicole Byer
Black
Few
Given
Female
Been
Very
Get
Who
Actress
Chances
I hate that there's such an emphasis on women in comedy. Are women OK? Are they just as funny as men? Yes!
Nicole Byer
Funny
Women
Hate
Comedy
Men
OK
Emphasis
Yes
Just
I've lived an interesting life.
Nicole Byer
Life
Interesting
Interesting Life
Lived
During my 20s, I truly said 'yes' to everything, whether it was a good idea or not.
Nicole Byer
Good
Everything
Idea
Said
Truly
Yes
Whether
Good Idea
L.A. may be easy for the beautiful because it's the land of the beautiful.
Nicole Byer
Beautiful
Easy
Because
May
Land
I really like Beyonce. She's a perfectionist who works really hard on each and every performance.
Nicole Byer
Every
Perfectionist
Performance
Like
Beyonce
She
Really
Hard
Who
Works
Each
I wear a lot of vintage, thrifted stuff.
Nicole Byer
Wear
Stuff
Lot
Vintage
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.
Nicole Byer
You
Hurt
People
Offended
Listening
Giving
Feelings
Think
Other
Signals
Because
Person
Get
Listen
Upset
Anymore
Each
Why
Actually
I'm very silly.
Nicole Byer
Silly
Very
Comedy is subjective, so if you don't like it, that's fine.
Nicole Byer
You
Comedy
Fine
Like
Subjective
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