Niecy Nash
I don't wear my faith on my sleeve, but I definitely do walk with it every day in my heart.Collection: Heart
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.Collection: People
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.Collection: Real
I feel like it's better to see a sermon lived than it is to hear one preached.Collection: Feels
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."Collection: Baby
People who can make you laugh can make you cry.Collection: People
I was always funny, but I didn't know being funny was a gift.Collection: Knows
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.Collection: Jobs
People recognize me from everything and as soon as I think I know where they know me from, I'm always wrong.Collection: Thinking
I didn’t get into this business for other people to know my name.Collection: Names
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.Collection: Queens