I can tell you this: Stand-up is not glamorous.
AISHA TYLERI’m just going to be the best version of me that I could possibly be and be as funny as I possibly can.
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Real success and accomplishment, at whatever it is you are passionate about, requires real work.
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Successful 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 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’ve always been a gamer, and I had a period where I was gaming at a really hardcore level.
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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.’
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Real sacrifice. Real disappointment. Real failure. And it requires the ability to scrape your sorry ass up off the floor, stumble to your feet.
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Am I going to complain about being typecast as smart? I don’t think so.
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Pop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times.
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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.
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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 really do know football.
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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 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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It is hard, it lasts all day, the lighting is generally fluorescent, and, apparently, drinking at your desk is frowned upon.
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I like the company of guys. I have a lot of good girlfriends that I really love, but you know, most of my close friends are men.
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