Like lycanthropy, the nerd gene can skip a generation. My maternal grandfather was a technophile.

- Chris Hardwick

When I was a teenager, I was a huge computer nerd. I went to computer programming camp. I went to space camp.

- Graham Moore

I've always been such a nerd.

- Grimes

I'm a big stupid history nerd.

- Emilie Autumn

I try to explain to people that you get the roles that are right when they're right. If you have a nerd character but you're kind of a cool guy, you're probably not going to get the nerd part. The nerd is going to get the nerd part. You know, someone like me.

- Ed Helms

I was a super nerd in school.

- Chloe Bridges

I would say if I was any type of nerd, it was probably a band nerd.

- Cristin Milioti

I'm such a closeted nerd.

- Cassie Scerbo

I'm not a nerd, I play one on TV.

- Curtis Armstrong

I always feel like an outsider. I'll always feel like the nerd at the party.

- Christopher McQuarrie

I'm just myself, so I don't know that I think of myself as a nerd icon.

- Aisha Tyler

Any nerd who grew up around the time that I did, BBC programming was a treasure chest for us.

- Chris Hardwick

Comic-Con is nerd Christmas. People go wanting to have fun.

- Chris Hardwick

I'm just a big old nerd.

- Claire Danes

I was a huge nerd in high school. Sure, I socialized - but I was definitely a nerd.

- Bella Heathcote

I'm definitely not a nerd.

- Brett Ratner

Mostly, nothing's really changed. I'm still the dorky nerd that I always was.

- Beverley Mitchell

No, I'm not a nerd. The only thing I nerd out about is psychology magazines.

- Amber Nash

I'm a total nerd.

- Anna Chlumsky

I'm such a geek, and have always been a real nerd.

- Aisha Tyler