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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.

Aisha Tyler

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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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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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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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 can tell you this: Stand-up is not glamorous.
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I like grown up comedy.
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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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Karaoke is the great equalizer.
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I actually wanted to be an attorney. I did do things on the side like improv and sketch comedy, but law was my focus. I was a very bookish, academic kid. When I got out of college,
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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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On general principle, I boycott shows that don’t employ actors.
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I was really unhappy. I had a great job that I should have loved, yet I was miserable. I slowly realized that was because I wasn’t performing. So I just tried stand-up and fell in love with it after one performance.
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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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I’ve just got to be myself and hopefully people will find me. And my audience did find me.
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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 will say that stand-up is my first love; it’s how I got started and is in my bones.

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