I’m such a geek, and have always been a real nerd.
AISHA TYLER
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Aisha TylerAisha Tyler The best advice anybody could have given me was to keep getting up over and over again.
Aisha TylerAisha Tyler Wipe the rivulets of watery drool from your face, and do it again, like an obstinate toddler running against the wall with his head in a bucket.
Aisha TylerAisha Tyler I talk to grown-ups who are out to have a good time and they want to be spoken to in a different way.
Aisha TylerAisha Tyler You just have to keep getting up’. And I look back and they were right. They were all right.
Aisha TylerAisha Tyler I am absolutely a Giants fan and I’m a Dynasty baby so I was a 49ers fan for a long time.
Aisha TylerAisha Tyler But I love stand-up, and it’s where I came from creatively, so it’s something I never want to walk away from.
Aisha TylerAisha Tyler One thing we do really well on Archer and one thing I’ve always tried to do in my comedy and my writing and my podcast is to never speak down to my audience.
Aisha TylerAisha Tyler I really do know football.
Aisha TylerAisha Tyler 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.
Aisha TylerAisha Tyler 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.’
Aisha TylerAisha Tyler You can only really learn from failure … To win, you need to fail, and fail hard.
Aisha TylerAisha Tyler I 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.
Aisha TylerAisha Tyler So much of a stand-up’s life is doing live radio and having to be funny and quick on the spot with these strangers, and sort of surgical in terms of how funny I can be in three minutes.
Aisha TylerAisha Tyler I liked comedy, but didn’t know it was something you could do for a living. I actually wanted to be an attorney.
Aisha TylerAisha Tyler I was born in California, raised a vegetarian, and love science fiction, so don’t tell me how I need to be in order to fit your standards.
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