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.
AISHA TYLERWhen one is undone—sprawled across the cold tile of a public bathroom in a pool of one’s own vomit, or shivering in the back of a taxi in a pair of urine-soaked skinny jeans with no money for cab fare and a dead cell phone battery.
More Aisha Tyler Quotes
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But I think what diversity brings to any daypart is more eyeballs, just more opportunity.
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Omnipresence can be a good or bad thing, I suppose. I don’t want to spend a lot of time thinking about it. I’m super-grateful.
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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’m black, and black don’t crack. It does droop.
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Much like a wobbly toddler or an unhinged politician, one immediately looks for someone else to blame. God. Your parents. Ex-girlfriends. Undocumented immigrants. Marvin in Human Resources. China.
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A belief in feminism is a belief in personal freedom.
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“Trust me, you don’t want to have to actually interact with these people.”
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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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“You are going to fail, and anyone who is success has powered through many, many failures.”
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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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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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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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I’m such a geek, and have always been a real nerd.
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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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So everything is all the same job in my eyes, and I don’t want to ever give up any part of it.
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