A biography for Nicole Byerhasn’t been written yet.
“I love therapy. I talk about it a lot because I feel like, especially among black people, it's stigmatized.”
“I just woke up one day was like, 'People know you're fat whether you have a cardigan on or your arms are out, so why not just let your arms be out because you're hot.'”
“I'm not conventionally beautiful, but what is beauty? Beauty is whatever you want it to be.”
“L.A. may be easy for the beautiful because it's the land of the beautiful.”
“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.”
“You don't need someone to complete you.”
“On '90 Day Bae,' Marcy Jarreau and I recap '90 Day Fiancee' because it's just the most insane, funniest show on television.”
“I am surprisingly very sensitive.”
“Red Lobster reminds me of my dad because he would always get coupons and be like, 'We're going to treat ourselves.'”
“I love UCB Chelsea. There is, to me, no stage like it.”
“My mom was a really positive, jovial person, so I try to keep it upbeat like that.”
“I like sweet-and-salty things.”
“I perform at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, where my race and gender are rarely pointed out.”
“I know Jonathan Van Ness from comedy, and he's got this wonderful show on Funny or Die called 'Gay of Thrones.'”
“I had a casting director tell me to be blacker.”
“I love pigs. I think they're very cute. I really want a pet pig, but those micro pigs, they don't stay micro.”
“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.”
“Comedy can do so much more than make you laugh.”
“I don't get dressed for other people. I get dressed for what I see in the mirror. My body isn't for other people's consumption. If I smile when I look in the mirror, then great. Let's start the day.”
“I search my name on Twitter because I don't want to miss the compliments, and I favorite the nice things people say about me so they know I saw it. People are more positive than they are negative, and I try not to harp on the negative.”