Within the Filipino community, everybody knows somebody who's undocumented. — Nico Santos Community Copy Share Image
I never thought an opportunity like 'Crazy Rich Asians' would ever come my way. — Nico Santos Asians Copy Share Image
I love my mom! She's just great and so happy for me that I'm living my dream. — Nico Santos Dreams Copy Share Image
I should have been born a crazy rich Asian because I do have expensive taste. I have champagne taste but I'm on… — Nico Santos Beer Copy Share Image
Shows like 'Superstore' and certainly 'Pose' are leading the way and showing queer people of color in a much more complex, nuanced… — Nico Santos Light Copy Share Image
We, Filipinos, are really great about keeping a positive attitude and seeing the silver lining in all things. We're survivors! — Nico Santos About Copy Share Image
My mom is definitely crazy. She would totally be a stage mom if I was a child actor. — Nico Santos Actor Copy Share Image
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… — Nico Santos Food Copy Share Image
It wasn't until I worked on 'Crazy Rich Asians' that I all of a sudden have this Asian crew of friends that… — Nico Santos Asian Copy Share Image
I've gotten auditions with as little as two hours' notice. Those don't go so well! — Nico Santos Actor Copy Share Image
I never thought in a million years I'd be involved in a project that celebrated the fullness of my identity of being… — Nico Santos Being Copy Share Image
I came out to one or two people in high school and then it wasn't until I was a freshman in college… — Nico Santos High 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… — Nico Santos Being Copy Share Image
The fact that I get to play a queer Filipino on television and another queer character in 'Crazy Rich Asians' is huge.… — Nico Santos Actor Copy Share Image
I lost my accent pretty quickly, so everyone assumes I was born and raised in America. But I'm very much still in… — Nico Santos Accent 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… — Nico Santos Change Copy Share Image
The fact that I am a Filipino actor playing a Filipino role is crazy. Filipinos are the second largest Asian minority in… — Nico Santos Actor Copy Share Image
I like making adobo, because it's easy and it keeps in the fridge for a while. Or I'll make pasta with bolognese… — Nico Santos Big Copy Share Image
I was in the closet up until I moved to the U.S. But I was always one of those kids who couldn't… — Nico Santos Always Copy Share Image
My brother joined the Army. He served multiple tours in Iraq and now lives in Texas with his family. — Nico Santos Army 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… — Nico Santos Comedy Copy Share Image
We all need to call upon our lawmakers to create a path to citizenship for hard-working, law-abiding undocumented people and their families. — Nico Santos Create 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 Asian Copy Share Image
I always thought that when I got into this business that I was going to have to downplay my Asianness and downplay… — Nico Santos Always Copy Share Image
The fact that I'm able to portray these complex, fully realized, queer Asian characters? I never thought it would be in this… — Nico Santos Asian Copy Share Image
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 Big fan 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… — Nico Santos Everything Copy Share Image
Everything you could imagine Michelle Yeoh being, she lives up to that. — Nico Santos Being Copy Share Image
I'm from the Philippines and I moved to this country when I was 16. — Nico Santos Country Copy Share Image
