“All’s Fair” Star Niecy Nash

"All's Fair" Star Niecy Nash

Air Date: Monday, November 9^th

Photo Credit: The Drew Barrymore Show/Ash Bean

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Niecy Nash and Drew on "Boys on the Side" Being Her First Professional Job and Taking a Risk

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Drew: OK, we did 'Boys on the Side' together. We're not in the same scene.

Niecy: No, but 'Boys on the Side' was my very first professional job. I was just glad to be there. I said, well, you know, and because they flew me from Los Angeles to New York, you know, and I had zero credits. I mean, if you look on the back of my headshot, all it said was Miss Grand Talent winner up 19 so and so and so you know that's all I had on my resume, but I picked up the phone and I called the casting director and I said, 'Do you remember me? You said I was funny.' I said, 'I'm broke. I got a baby and I need a job' and he said, 'Be down here at 3 o'clock' and that's how I got in that movie.

Drew: Do you know how much I love hearing that and I will tell you very specifically why is because I'm advocating for pushing and putting yourself out there in ways that does not feel comfortable but to all people that I know and respect they did that.

Niecy: Yeah, and the thing of it is is you might be scared but so what do it scared it's better than not doing it at all.

Niecy on Telling Whoopi Goldberg to Stop Laughing During a Serious Scene

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Drew: OK, so you're doing the scene with Whoopi Goldberg. You're the woman in the diner, so how did it go that day? Like play it out for us what happened on that day of work.

Niecy: I walk out of the diner. I'm supposed to go up to Whoopi Goldberg and say my line. I come out of the bathroom I say my lines she starts laughing. I go back I come back out, she starts laughing. I go back and now I say a prayer. I say Lord, I need this job.

Drew: And it's a serious scene just so we're clear let me set that stage.

Niecy: But the line that the reason why she kept laughing because the line was written really weird so the third time I go back out, she laughs and I didn't even know I wasn't supposed to do this. I said, 'Cut time, wait, hold up, hold up' and the director was like, 'What?' And so I said 'She's messing up the scene because she keeps laughing.'

Drew: You outed Whoopi Goldberg.

Niecy: I sure did, and that's what she said, 'What?' I said, 'Girl, they're not gonna fire you. I got a baby at home. I need this job.' And you know what we've been great pals ever since.

Niecy on How She Became Friends with Oprah on a Trip to Hawaii

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Drew: How did you make friends with Oprah Winfrey?

Niecy: I made friends with Oprah Winfrey through the director Ava DuVernay…Ava and I were going to Turks and Caicos, and she called me and said, 'Oh my goodness, friend, you know, OW wants me to come, you know, to Maui, but I told her you probably didn't wanna do that because we were going to Turks and Caicos.' I said, 'Girl, are you crazy?' I said, 'Let me take my booty shorts out my bag.' You know, because when you go on vacation, that's when you wear the stuff you would never wear at home. I was like, let's throw it out. I wanna be respectable in front of Steadman and let's go on over there and we went and had a great time. And at that time, at that time I had written a book called It's Hard to Fight Naked. Oprah took me on a 2-hour hike and by the time we got back she said, 'There's another book in you, dear.' And when she tells you that you just go and get a pen and get to getting.

Niecy on "All's Fair" Costumes and "Scream Queens"

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Niecy: We are just women of a certain age in cute clothes saying mean things.

Drew: Sign me up.

Ross: What do you think about the costumes. Is this one of the best parts of it what you get to wear?

Niecy: Oh my goodness when we walk on set, because all of our fittings are separate, it's just like walking down a catwalk because we can't wait to see what the next girl is wearing.

Drew: This is so fashion forward, it is so fun and I have a question from one of your fellow 'Scream Queens.'

Billie: Hi queen I have a question for you, what is your favorite memory of working together on 'Scream Queens' and is it the music video we did together with Keke?

Niecy: You know one of my best days on set, because I had a spent a lot of time with the girls, was when Jamie Lee Curtis came and I was like an adult spotted, where is she. But it was lovely. I had such a good time.

Niecy on Her Ryan Murphy Partnership and His Support of Her

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Drew: When you get in his orbit it just feels like he wants to build alum and family and people he works with over and over and over you are in so many of his projects.

Niecy: Well, the one thing that I will tell you is that when I married my current spouse who's a woman, It got back to Ryan that somebody said if you share your real life with people you will never eat lunch in this town again. Ryan picked up the phone and he called me he said 'As long as I'm alive you got a job.'

Ross: Wow, when he sends you the next project, are you just salivating when you're opening it? Like what are we doing next?

Niecy: You know what? Let me tell you, the last time Ryan called me and said, 'Hey, I've got this thing and I want you to do it,' I said, OK, and then I got 10 scripts that were 'Monster' the Jeffrey Dahmer story. I said, 'Wait, what did I say yes to?' I didn't even know what I was getting myself into so with Ryan it's always a delicious surprise.