They always say some women like to fix people. I don’t like to fix people, but you like a challenge.
AISHA TYLERSometimes 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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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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I’m just myself, so I don’t know that I think of myself as a nerd icon.
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One thing we do really well on Archer and one thing I’ve always tried to do in my comedy and my writing and my podcast is to never speak down to my audience.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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On general principle, I boycott shows that don’t employ actors.
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I like grown up comedy.
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I want to point out, that this is not my fault that everyone’s afraid of me, because I did not kill a couple people the other day.
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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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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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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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“Trust me, you don’t want to have to actually interact with these people.”
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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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You know, it’s about getting out there and having a good time. Not about worrying .
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Pop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times.
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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 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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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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I talk to grown-ups who are out to have a good time and they want to be spoken to in a different way.
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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 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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Marriage isn’t a carnival ride.
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