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.
AISHA TYLERI 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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On general principle, I boycott shows that don’t employ actors.
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I always wanted to be as busy as possible so that if one job went away I’d still have plenty of other things to do.
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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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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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I always tell people that if you really want to know somebody, they should listen to that person’s interview with me. I spend a lot of time with my guests.
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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 just myself, so I don’t know that I think of myself as a nerd icon.
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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’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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When 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.
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Am I going to complain about being typecast as smart? I don’t think so.
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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 don’t want to be pandered to, so I try not to pander.
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The best advice anybody could have given me was to keep getting up over and over again.
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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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