Ellen DeGeneres is a huge influence in my life. She's one of the reasons why I wanted to do stand-up comedy. I… — Nico Santos Copy Share Image
I come from Oregon, which is this super-white state, so I didn't really have a lot of Asian friends in high school… — Nico Santos Copy Share Image
I did stand-up comedy for a long time in San Francisco, and then I was like, 'You know what? I'm going to… — Nico Santos Copy Share Image
My intent when I moved to L.A. was to get in good with the comedy clubs and, eventually, try to break into Comedy Central… — Nico Santos Copy Share Image
Generally I try to be as healthy as possible, but it's hard to be on set because anything and everything is available to you.… — Nico Santos Copy Share Image
I've gotten auditions with as little as two hours' notice. Those don't go so well! — Nico Santos Copy Share Image
Especially when you're queer and you're a person of color, you're so used to being the token on set. Inevitably you have to answer… — Nico Santos Copy Share Image
It's really great to see the queer landscape really change to include everybody and make the rest of the world understand that we're not… — Nico Santos Copy Share Image
Within the Filipino community, everybody knows somebody who's undocumented. — Nico Santos Copy Share Image
I love my mom! She's just great and so happy for me that I'm living my dream. — Nico Santos Copy Share Image
