You know, it’s about getting out there and having a good time. Not about worrying .
AISHA TYLERKaraoke is the great equalizer.
More Aisha Tyler Quotes
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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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the freedom to live a life free of fear of violence, to select a fulfilling career and be compensated fairly, to choose when to start a family, to marry whom you love.
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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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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 think I was only attracted to drunken douches before I got married.
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I will say that stand-up is my first love; it’s how I got started and is in my bones.
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I do not actually DO these things, but I see myself doing them, and that is almost MORE satisfying, because I am also lying down.
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When I was younger, those kinds of comments bothered me, but eventually got to a point where I realized I wasn’t going to change who I was.
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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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No one wants to hear about how awesome you were; people want to hear about the time you blew it.
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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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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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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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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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I’ve just got to be myself and hopefully people will find me. And my audience did find me.
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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 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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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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TV always wants more people to be watching.
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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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After going through a lot of procedures and spending a lot of money … the doctor said, ‘Look, based on what we’re seeing here, I just don’t think this is going to happen for you.’
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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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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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I’m black, and black don’t crack. It does droop.
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I don’t want to be pandered to, so I try not to pander.
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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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