Nicole Byer

Comedy can do so much more than make you laugh.

— Nicole Byer

I've lived an interesting life.

— Nicole Byer

I wear a lot of vintage, thrifted stuff.

— Nicole Byer

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

— Nicole Byer

I get it - there are very few black female actresses who have been given chances.

— Nicole Byer

I love pigs. I think they're very cute. I really want a pet pig, but those micro pigs, they don't stay micro.

— Nicole Byer

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

— Nicole Byer

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

— Nicole Byer

I don't know if there is too much bacon! I used to have bacon parties. That's how much I love bacon.

— Nicole Byer

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

— Nicole Byer

In school, no one teaches you to look for things that are right for you.

— Nicole Byer

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

— Nicole Byer

What can cake teach you about life? That practice makes perfect, and if you try something once, it probably won't be perfect,…

— Nicole Byer

To see another fat girl on television, I think, is really powerful. I'm happy to open the doors for a younger generation…

— Nicole Byer

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…

— Nicole Byer

If you want to change your body, that's well within your means to do that, but if you don't want to change…

— Nicole Byer

I think we go through the world feeling alone and singular, and you forget that your one story is probably the same…

— Nicole Byer

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…

— Nicole Byer

What I needed to do was carve out parts for me, roles for me that weren't just the sidekick, where I got…

— Nicole Byer

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

Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would look people in the face and be like, 'Your snake cake's not…

— Nicole Byer

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

— Nicole Byer

I really like Beyonce. She's a perfectionist who works really hard on each and every performance.

— Nicole Byer

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

— Nicole Byer

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

— Nicole Byer

The way I toe the line with comedy is I run jokes past people.

— Nicole Byer

During my 20s, I truly said 'yes' to everything, whether it was a good idea or not.

— Nicole Byer

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

— Nicole Byer

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

— Nicole Byer

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

— Nicole Byer

I'm not sassy all day every day. I have levels and feelings.

— Nicole Byer

Dogs are very strange, but they're wonderful and they love to cuddle, and their breath is so stinky!

— Nicole Byer

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

— Nicole Byer

Making food is a labor of love - it's a nice thing to do for your loved ones to show you care…

— Nicole Byer

I am an archetype. There's the fat, sassy, black friend, you know? That's an archetype that exists, but that's not truly me.

— Nicole Byer

If someone goes, 'Can you be sassier?' I go, 'I can be my kind of sassier. I'm not gonna put a voice…

— Nicole Byer

I just woke up one day was like, 'People know you're fat whether you have a cardigan on or your arms are…

— Nicole Byer

I think I saw 'Ghost' at, like, 6 or 7 - like, a little too early to see 'Ghost' - but I…

— Nicole Byer

I search my name on Twitter because I don't want to miss the compliments, and I favorite the nice things people say…

— Nicole Byer