I wanted to make a love story without being nerdy.
Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to make friends I know.
Being a nerd, which is to say going to far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to make friends I know. For me, the spark that turns an acquaintance into a friend has usually been kindled by some shared enthusiasm like detective novels or Ulysses S. Grant.
I was a nerd growing up, and I'm a little antisocial and awkward.
I'm a total nerd. I love fantasy.
Being a nerd really pays off sometimes.
I categorize nerds as creative-obsessive. A lot of nerds are creative people who obsess almost unnaturally over the minutiae of things.
I was a nerd academically. But I was also an athlete and a musician. I never wanted to be shut out of any situation. I think it was that more than anything.
I'm a comic nerd. I'm a former serious collector for much of my childhood and early teen years I wanted to draw underground comics.
Don't we all know why nerds do what they do? To get money, which leads to popularity, which leads to girls.
Sci-fi nerds are respectful, honorable. You can trust them.
I talk about stuff like my Blackberry, Lost, the internet, music, etc. so I guess that leads to the "nerd" moniker. But I don't get it that much to be honest. I guess its better than being labeled a "racist" comedian.
I would say if I was any type of nerd, it was probably a band nerd.
There are certain parts of a classic nerd's brain that can destroy that person - obsessing about things to the detriment of everything else in your life. But those are the same tools that you can use to turn everything around.
For the better part of my adult life, I proudly avoided nerdnimrodgoober status. I was always just cool enough.
Nerd girls are the world's greatest under-utilized romantic resource.
I was such a nerd. It just wasn't something I would have wanted. And I didn't want to act like an adult.
I think it goes without saying that a lot of big horror fans are just nerds and geeks.
Metal guys are huge nerds. A good percentage of them are either horror or sci-fi or comic book or fantasy nerds.
What brought me to L. A. was work! I moved to Chicago after college - I went to Kalamazoo - did my nerd thing, graduated, and moved to Chicago to pursue improv.