On general principle, I boycott shows that don’t employ actors.
AISHA TYLERSuccessful people just don’t let failure define them or keep them from doing what they want to do. For example, I’d have people come up to me after my shows, and they’d say they want to do stand-up but are scared they’re going to fail. I’d tell them,
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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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Whereas regular people tend to run away – because the embarrassing story is always going to be the really funny story.
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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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TV always wants more people to be watching.
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I visualize myself winning the Olympic Pentathlon, inventing a phone that can be controlled by brain waves, or doing the laundry.
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I like grown up comedy.
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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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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 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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No one wants to hear about how awesome you were; people want to hear about the time you blew it.
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Karaoke is the great equalizer.
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I can tell you this: Stand-up is not glamorous.
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I love Toronto. I love it. I love Toronto. I love Canada. I can’t wait to get back. Can’t wait to have some Timbits.
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I have always been a softie, and I fight it with every fiber of my being. Sadly, my being’s fibers need to hit the gym.
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Pop culture hales you and wants you to fail.
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