Michelle Buteau

“With stand-up, it's really easy to get complacent and do the same jokes over and over because you know they work. You have fun, mess around on stage, do crowdwork and see where that goes.”

“When people hear the world 'catfish' they automatically think of something negative, which I totally get, but at the end of 'The Circle' you'll see that a lot of people who catfish are insecure.”

“It's great that people can be entertained and educated through love and laughter.”

“To cut writers and expect A.I. to understand what it's like to be a plus-sized Black woman from New Jersey living her life and having queer friends in New York City... that's insane! To figure out how A.I. is gonna capture what it's like to be a Black trans performer? I mean, come on now, that's just ridiculous.”

“Look I love 'Friends,' but nobody had a Puerto Rican friend? Not one Puerto Rican friend? You live in Manhattan? No.”

“Although a lot of established comedians had these really well crafted jokes about Al Qaeda and George Bush, I didn't have any of that.”

“It's so nice when strong powerful females help each other out.”

“One thing I don't like is oily serums where it feels like I can never wash my hands properly and I just grab my doorknobs and they're all slippery.”

“JanSport is just such an iconic brand!”

“It has been such a crazy journey to just even say I like myself without apologizing.”

“You know, everyone keeps saying 'It's your year, it's your year.' People have told me that for over 10 years.”

“I feel like I'm a truth teller.”

“People don't even know how many things you audition for that you don't get. And then even when you do get them, they don't even make it past the pilot phase.”

“When I first started out, I never thought acting would come to fruition, because it seemed like you mostly had to be very skinny or the extreme opposite. Back then, 'plus size' wasn't even a term we used for a female figure. There was never like, just the thick chick.”

“This unrealistic patriarchal standard of beauty? We're not doing that. It's not about what size we are after we've grown a body. It's about mental health.”

“I am so thankful that I get to work with a platform like Netflix who is so open-minded and has the license to do edgier, brighter, bigger bolder things.”

“My friends are like a well-made bra: uplifting and supportive.”

“I wouldn't want to be anybody else.”

“I love hosting and acting and stand-up, and I also have a production background because my college professor told me I was too fat to be on camera.”

“Comedy has always been my saving grace. It's helped me find my voice. It's helped me figure out how to talk about stuff in a relatable, palatable way.”