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.
AISHA TYLERI love to be busy and be challenged. I’m my happiest when I’m under pressure and almost overwhelmed by how much I have to get done.
More Aisha Tyler Quotes
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I started out being a stand up and writing my own material. That took me to Talk Soup, where I was writing and performing for TV.
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So what I would say to other people is to just embrace who you are because you will become instantly happier.
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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.
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I don’t believe in superheroes but I love Batman movies. There’s a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic.
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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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Maybe the nails are a little stubby and gnawed on, but I definitely do not have man hands.
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TV always wants more people to be watching.
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Pop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times.
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So I think the longer you do stand-up, the more comfortable you are. You stop wanting to hide your foibles and instead want to show who you are.
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I wish I could say I’m an architect and planned it this way, foresaw doing all these things, but honestly, I’ve been lucky that things have come across my path and they’ve worked out well for me.
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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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All these young books for women are like I’m 29 with a closet full of Prada shoes and I can’t get a date. Come on.
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I love to be busy and be challenged. I’m my happiest when I’m under pressure and almost overwhelmed by how much I have to get done.
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Marriage isn’t a carnival ride.
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the freedom to live a life free of fear of violence, to select a fulfilling career and be compensated fairly, to choose when to start a family, to marry whom you love.
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I spent most of my seventh grade summer dehydrated, green-tongued, and smelling like a Malaysian whorehouse.
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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 always wanted to be as busy as possible so that if one job went away I’d still have plenty of other things to do.
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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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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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I don’t know if I was always an open person, but I think stand-up comics specifically have this way of running towards embarrassing things.
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“Trust me, you don’t want to have to actually interact with these people.”
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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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“You are going to fail, and anyone who is success has powered through many, many failures.”
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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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Real success and accomplishment, at whatever it is you are passionate about, requires real work.
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