Other Voices, Other Geniuses: Niccole Thurman
"flying, fire or men"
Got a verified SWEETIE for ya. I absolutely cackled reading Niccole’s answers to my questionnaire and I hope you will too. I urge you to follow her on Instagram, because she goes AWF on Stories and it’s always highly entertaining.
You might know Niccole from a whole bunch of TV shows like The Opposition and Shrill… But you probably recognize her from this:
Niccole gets it.
Other Voices, Other Geniuses: Niccole Thurman
What song are you especially into currently?
Djo "End of Beginning" It's not normally my kind of song, a big poppy indie hit, but it's so good and as a person who lived in Chicago in her 20s and was "another version of me" it REALLY speaks to me. It's such a "me" song that a friend I haven't seen in years sent it to me and said "I feel like you would really love this song" and baby she was RIGHT.
What is your greatest pet peeve?
So many tbh but as someone who lives in Los angeles I would say my main pet peeve right now is how unaware people seem to be of their presence in the world and how it might affect a stranger's day. Not just talking about people being rude, I think we're entering this age where everyone is so involved in their phones and their cars and THEIR OWN LIVES that they don't care to look up and say "hi how are you" when passing someone on the street.
Or they will get to the top of an escalator and just stand there as if there aren't any other people on the escalator behind them coming up and about to get ground up into a freaking conveyor belt if they don't move. My thing is just look around. Do something for someone else.
Even if it's just saying to a cashier "I'm fine how are you" I'm shocked by how often I just see people hand a cashier a card or their item without even LOOKING at the person. If we don't want AI to take our place we should try to treat other people like they are people too and not inanimate objects in your way hahaha.Â
What is the trait within yourself about which you feel the most ambivalent?
My emotions. They are POWERFUL. Sometimes I feel glad to be so passionate and to feel things intensely and other times I'm like lol can I maybe just have one chill day where I can say something like "well that's just what people do" whenever people say that to me I'm like OH MY GODDDDDD BUT IT HURTS SO MUCH HOW CAN I NOT FEEL
How do you like to waste time?
TV Baby. True Crime. I also love to wander. If I'm in a good city for it, I could wander forever.
What news topic that will always get you to click?
Probably nothing news typically makes me wanna die across the board. Good news, bad news, brag news, gossip news, I don't care. we have too much news.
Whom do you consider to be the most overrated dead person?
God? Jesus? Are they PEOPLE? Regardless everyone needs to stop being like "I talked to this dead guy and he told me gays are going to hell" because like that shit is crazy think for yourself. people who thank god need to thank themselves first most times. Like that snoop dogg speech. "I wanna thank ME" I just don't get the point in taking yourself or your loved ones out of the equation to be like "big ups to my man god whom I have never met" I'm being a lil' facetious here of course, I respect people's religion unless it makes you think like starting wars or killing people is a good idea in which case I say STOP GIVING THAT DEAD PERSON SO MUCH CONTROL OVER YOUR LIFE lol (am I gonna get in trouble for this, I don't understand religion much, so this is just how I see it!)
Please put a selfie here:
Please put a meme here:
If you could press a button and get ten million dollars but one person would die and it wouldn’t be linked to you in any way, who would you want to die?
No way this puts negative energy into the world and I wouldn't ever. Bad people suck but I don't wish harm on people like that and that's just DA TRUTH FOR ME
What do you consider the secret to your success?
Being psychotic, neurotic, not understanding that there are a LOT of people who are competing with me who are WAY better. Just being in denial like all the time and being like "I think I'm the best for this job" even when that's insane?
When have you been or felt the most FAMOUS in your life?
Ok this is CRAZY because I have actually had moments of like real fame....ish....but like.....the most famous I have ever felt was when I was at a WEIRD ASS PHARMA CONFERENCE.
Let me explain: We did videos for different corporations when I was a performer at Second City. They would be like industrials, you know...like work training, safety, compliance, etc. The dryest shit EVER. One of the videos we did was a series that was like the office and I played the lead of it.
We went to a conference with that company and dead ass you would have thought I was motherfucking DWIGHT or MICHAEL SCOTT. People were taking pics, following me, talking to me nonstop, I was signing autographs,....I couldn't go anywhere without people being like "omg it's KIM (my character name)" I was SHOOK. It was fun but omg I cannot imagine being famous I feel like it would be insane? I need quiet moments, I can't do all that.
What is your current Lock Screen?
Some boring art. :)Â
How many piercings do you have, and where on your body are they? If none, what would you get if you had to?
Ok so I used to have more, but now I only have two in my ears. I used to have my belly button AND tongue pierced when I was young, a real trashy sexy mami. And for like 6 months I had my septum pierced and I liked it but also it was annoying to have to take in and out for auditions and bookings so I was like OK BYE QUIRKY SEPTUM LIFE. Also I just like my own face, I don't need stuff in it.Â
How many tattoos do you have, and where on your body are they? If none, what would you get if you had to?
I have 10!!! Most of them gotten from 2021-2022 when I lost my mind and decided I wanted to be free from the chains of clean skin. haha. I'll probably get more I'm in love with tattoos and it just makes me feel cool and sexy to have them not gonna lieÂ
What is your most irrational fear or anxiety?
I dunno it's probably related to flying, fire or men.
How often do you watch porn? Do you think that is a good frequency?
Never. I've watched it before but my brain doesn't work for porn. All I can think the whole time is that they're not really enjoying it. The only porn I've ever seen and KINDA liked was made by women or when I had to google "romantic" porn I'm a loser I just want love. I do not care at all if a partner watches it tho and I will never understand people that call that cheating. It's cheating to message your lil' bikini wearing friends and have emotional affairs online/maybe on only fans. Watching some cheerleader get blasted by a football team (consensually) is not cheating like....I don't even get that mindset.Â
What is the most annoying thing about the city where you currently live?
The loneliness, the disconnect, the falseness of people and the lack of transit. I actually love LA but I really hate those parts of it.
With an unlimited budget, what elective or cosmetic surgeries would you have done?
hmmmm tbh not sure. Maybe a hair transplant only so I could have super long hair? I don't want extensions I want it to be MINE and growing out of my HEAD so I do not have to MAINTAIN it other than a cutÂ
Who or what gives you the ick?
People who expect everyone to do something for them and aren't grateful at all. Like who raised you and who the hell do you think you are?
If you have a pet, put a picture here. If you don’t, a picture of your medicine cabinet. If you have more than one pet, pick the cutest:
Which Sex and the City character do you most identify with?
The sandwich guy that hit on Miranda on the street and was like EAT ME.
Without saying the number, what is an object that weighs as much as you?
about as much as a keg after some people have drank beers from it.
What is a trend you hope comes back?
IRL DATING ONLY. MEETING HOTTIES AT PARTIES. INTRODUCING FRIENDS TO HOT FRIENDS. OLD SCHOOL DATING, BRING IT BACK.
How did you meet the person to whom you lost your virginity?
Through my bff in school. Not gonna say how old tho lol.
Thoughts on God?
OOPS I ALREADY GAVE THEM
How is a raven like a writing desk?
Edgar Allen Poe would fuck it.