Latest Niecy Nash Quotes from Interviews

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• I decided to become an actor at five. I saw the most gorgeous woman that I had ever seen in my five years of living on television. She had on a long, red dress and her eyelashes looked like butterflies and I said, "Grandmamma, who is that?" She said, "Baby, that's Lola Falana." I said, "That's it right there. I want to be black, fabulous, and on TV."

  Niecy Nash

  Baby, Butterfly, Eyelashes

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I was always funny, but I didn't know being funny was a gift.

  Niecy Nash

  Knows, Being Funny

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• People recognize me from everything and as soon as I think I know where they know me from, I'm always wrong.

  Niecy Nash

  Thinking, People, Know Me

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I was in a very fancy, high-end boutique where the sales associates stand around like mannequins. I walked in and the first thing they said was, "Ooh it smells like booty in here" because they knew me from Scream Queens.

  Niecy Nash

  Queens, Smell, Booty

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• People who can make you laugh can make you cry.

  Niecy Nash

  People, Laughing, Cry

  "Niecy Nash, Living A Dream: To Be 'Black, Fabulous, And On TV'". "It's Been a Minute" with Sam Sanders, www.npr.org. June 19, 2018.

• I feel like it's better to see a sermon lived than it is to hear one preached.

  Niecy Nash

  Feels, Sermons

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I don't wear my faith on my sleeve, but I definitely do walk with it every day in my heart.

  Niecy Nash

  Heart, My Heart, Walks

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I joined church by myself in a borrowed suit at 13. I had my neighbor's bible. So my walk and my faith have always been very real.

  Niecy Nash

  Real, Church, Suits

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I used to be married to a pastor, and I had a church for two years. Pastors are just men, too, with a different job description than others. We're all called to bear one another's burdens. We're all called to pray for the sick. They do it on a larger scale, but they're just a man. A lot of women don't think that. Trust me. I know.

  Niecy Nash

  Jobs, Men, Thinking

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I say God is kind. So many people want to do what I do [comedy] for a living, and so he didn't have to choose me. So I don't take all the credit, but I do know that I love what I do, and I see it as a gift.

  Niecy Nash

  People, Credit, Want

  Source: www.pbs.org