I think diversity in television is important. It’s not about trying to fill a quota or satisfy some idea of diversity.
AISHA TYLERI love it when I come across a word I don’t know. And I would never treat my audience like they weren’t smart enough to come along with me.
More Aisha Tyler Quotes
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“You are going to fail, and anyone who is success has powered through many, many failures.”
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When I was younger, those kinds of comments bothered me, but eventually got to a point where I realized I wasn’t going to change who I was.
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I’m black, and black don’t crack. It does droop.
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On general principle, I boycott shows that don’t employ actors.
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No one wants to hear about how awesome you were; people want to hear about the time you blew it.
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I’m the kindest, most supportive friend ever, probably to my own detriment, but I hope that I am toughening up a little bit.
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I can tell you this: Stand-up is not glamorous.
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I talk to grown-ups who are out to have a good time and they want to be spoken to in a different way.
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Marriage is a mystery and part of it is just being kind to each other, not being selfish.
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Maybe the nails are a little stubby and gnawed on, but I definitely do not have man hands.
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The best advice anybody could have given me was to keep getting up over and over again.
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I liked comedy, but didn’t know it was something you could do for a living. I actually wanted to be an attorney.
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Omnipresence can be a good or bad thing, I suppose. I don’t want to spend a lot of time thinking about it. I’m super-grateful.
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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’ve just got to be myself and hopefully people will find me. And my audience did find me.
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