I talk to grown-ups who are out to have a good time and they want to be spoken to in a different way.
AISHA TYLERI don’t want to be pandered to, so I try not to pander.
More Aisha Tyler Quotes
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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 wish I could say I’m an architect and planned it this way, foresaw doing all these things, but honestly, I’ve been lucky that things have come across my path and they’ve worked out well for me.
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Pop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times.
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I was not one of those people who wanted to be a comedian when I was growing up. I liked comedy, but didn’t know it was something you could do for a living.
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I’m my own boss and my boss is a total ass.
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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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I’m such a geek, and have always been a real nerd.
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Real success and accomplishment, at whatever it is you are passionate about, requires real work.
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If you ever needed to ruin someone’s fun, I mean really poop a party, just move things to the workplace. Fun terminated.
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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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So what I would say to other people is to just embrace who you are because you will become instantly happier.
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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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Maybe the nails are a little stubby and gnawed on, but I definitely do not have man hands.
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TV always wants more people to be watching.
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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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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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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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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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I really do know football.
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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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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 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 was raised by a single dad, so I’ve always just kind of liked “guys” stuff. I think my dad just took me to the things he was interested in.
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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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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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