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.
AISHA TYLERBut I think what diversity brings to any daypart is more eyeballs, just more opportunity.
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I always tell people that if you really want to know somebody, they should listen to that person’s interview with me. I spend a lot of time with my guests.
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I want everyone, regardless of gender, to live a life free of restriction or fear, able to pursue their own personal brand of happiness and fulfillment.
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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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So everything is all the same job in my eyes, and I don’t want to ever give up any part of it.
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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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I thought I was gonna be an attorney, so I went to Dartmouth and I was a government major and I minored in environmental policy, and I didn’t do anything academically around the arts.
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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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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 am absolutely a Giants fan and I’m a Dynasty baby so I was a 49ers fan for a long time.
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On general principle, I boycott shows that don’t employ actors.
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Much like a wobbly toddler or an unhinged politician, one immediately looks for someone else to blame. God. Your parents. Ex-girlfriends. Undocumented immigrants. Marvin in Human Resources. China.
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I’m black, and black don’t crack. It does droop.
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I think diversity in television is important. It’s not about trying to fill a quota or satisfy some idea of diversity.
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I actually wanted to be an attorney. I did do things on the side like improv and sketch comedy, but law was my focus. I was a very bookish, academic kid. When I got out of college,
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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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