So everything is all the same job in my eyes, and I don’t want to ever give up any part of it.
AISHA TYLERWhereas regular people tend to run away – because the embarrassing story is always going to be the really funny story.
More Aisha Tyler Quotes
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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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Every ethnic group has this where people within it will try and tell each other how they should be.
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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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When I was young I thought, ‘Yeah, people don’t see, they’re not recognizing how funny I am, and how talented I am’. And the guys that mentored me were like, ‘
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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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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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You just have to keep getting up’. And I look back and they were right. They were all right.
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I have one girlfriend who is dating right now – she’s divorced – and she’s on Tinder, so we play Tinder. I know that’s not a real game, but it’s my favorite thing to do.
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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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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 really do know football.
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I love it when I come across a word I don’t know. And I would never treat my audience like they weren’t smart enough to come along with me.
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I’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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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 black, and black don’t crack. It does droop.
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You know, it’s about getting out there and having a good time. Not about worrying .
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“You are going to fail, and anyone who is success has powered through many, many failures.”
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On general principle, I boycott shows that don’t employ actors.
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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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A belief in feminism is a belief in personal freedom.
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Comedy is ugly. It’s honest, it’s raw.
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Nothing really worth having is easy to get. The hard-fought battles, the goals won with sacrifice, are the ones that matter.
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Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough.
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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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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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I like to be nice. I want to be a hero. I want to save people. Or just kill zombies, because they deserve it, because they’re already dead and they can’t feel it. They don’t have feelings.
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