No one wants to hear about how awesome you were; people want to hear about the time you blew it.
AISHA TYLEROn general principle, I boycott shows that don’t employ actors.
More Aisha Tyler Quotes
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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 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.
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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 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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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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If you haven’t noticed yet, working sucks. Unless you are a racecar driver or an astronaut or Beyonce, working is completely and utterly devoid of awesome.
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But I think what diversity brings to any daypart is more eyeballs, just more opportunity.
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I’ve just got to be myself and hopefully people will find me. And my audience did find me.
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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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The best advice anybody could have given me was to keep getting up over and over again.
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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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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 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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“Trust me, you don’t want to have to actually interact with these people.”
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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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