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" Jimmy Fallon's strengths are that he's fun, and he's good at impressions, and he's musically inclined. And my strength is that I'm a joke writer, but I also have no filter, and I think that that's not a talent per se, but it's just a thing about myself that I have found that people like about what I do. "

Nikki Glaser

Strength

Good

Myself

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Nikki Glaser

Comedy

Just

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" I wasn't a good-looking child. I got screwed out of the genetic deal. My sister looks like a model. I think that's why I'm a comic. I'm deeply insecure, since I was always feeling ugly. I wasn't a healthy child. I had poor self-esteem. That's why I need people's approval. "

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" Up until recently, I've said, 'I don't notice the sexism in the industry.' "

Nikki Glaser

Said

Sexism

" I'm learning that if you put yourself out there and make fun of yourself first, it really does work. People can't really make fun of you. "

" I think people are afraid of the concept of open relationships. Like, 'I will not accept this.' They don't have to! No one is telling them to. But it might work for other people. "

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Nikki Glaser

People

First

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" I remember thinking years ago about getting a half special, 'When you get that, that will be it. That will be all you need to feel validated in this world.' I feel like that special was just another set. "

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Nikki Glaser

Know

" My standup is years and years of me working things out on the road. I'm really proud of it! A lot of it is about, well... I don't know why I feel this way, but I feel like every special or show I do is some variation on how I feel like I'm not a girl, not yet a woman. "

Nikki Glaser

Know

Proud

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Nikki Glaser

Couples

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Talk

Well

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Nikki Glaser

Fun