I moved to New York and went to a performing arts college, but it wasn't until UCB that I started performing on the regular, figuring out how I'm funny, why I'm funny, and how to play with an audience.

Nicole Byer

Categorized in : New Funny Play College

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

comedy people way past

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.

i-am me you black

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.

lead through just me

I've always been a mediocre student, so I never won an award in school. I'm not very athletic, so I've never won a sports award. So, I'm a mediocre person.

award never sports school

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

breath strange wonderful love