I don’t want to be pandered to, so I try not to pander.
AISHA TYLERWhereas regular people tend to run away – because the embarrassing story is always going to be the really funny story.
More Aisha Tyler Quotes
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Comedy is ugly. It’s honest, it’s raw.
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I grew up on the back of a motorcycle – my dad didn’t have a car until I was a teenager. And then my closest friend from grade school was a guy.
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But I love stand-up, and it’s where I came from creatively, so it’s something I never want to walk away from.
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When I was young I thought, ‘Yeah, people don’t see, they’re not recognizing how funny I am, and how talented I am’. And the guys that mentored me were like, ‘
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I do not actually DO these things, but I see myself doing them, and that is almost MORE satisfying, because I am also lying down.
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Karaoke is the great equalizer.
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“Trust me, you don’t want to have to actually interact with these people.”
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I’ve just got to be myself and hopefully people will find me. And my audience did find me.
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When one is undone—sprawled across the cold tile of a public bathroom in a pool of one’s own vomit, or shivering in the back of a taxi in a pair of urine-soaked skinny jeans with no money for cab fare and a dead cell phone battery.
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I take the most wrenchingly painful moments of my life, brush them off and present them for the amusement of others. Luckily for me, my childhood was torture.
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Sometimes the mistake I see people make is thinking that they’re always going to be up, and I think that’s impossible for anyone.
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After going through a lot of procedures and spending a lot of money … the doctor said, ‘Look, based on what we’re seeing here, I just don’t think this is going to happen for you.’
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I can tell you this: Stand-up is not glamorous.
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They always say some women like to fix people. I don’t like to fix people, but you like a challenge.
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Whereas regular people tend to run away – because the embarrassing story is always going to be the really funny story.
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