I will say that stand-up is my first love; it’s how I got started and is in my bones.
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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Pop culture hales you and wants you to fail.
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I really do know football.
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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 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’m sure I had low-level scurvy all of my childhood.
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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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Marriage is a mystery and part of it is just being kind to each other, not being selfish.
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Pop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times.
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Real success and accomplishment, at whatever it is you are passionate about, requires real work.
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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 grew up on the back of a motorcycle – my dad didn’t have a car until I was a teenager. And then my closest friend from grade school was a guy.
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On general principle, I boycott shows that don’t employ actors.
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Marriage isn’t a carnival ride.
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You can only really learn from failure … To win, you need to fail, and fail hard.
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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 want everyone, regardless of gender, to live a life free of restriction or fear, able to pursue their own personal brand of happiness and fulfillment.
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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’m black, and black don’t crack. It does droop.
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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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Comedy is ugly. It’s honest, it’s raw.
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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 talk to grown-ups who are out to have a good time and they want to be spoken to in a different way.
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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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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 love to be busy and be challenged. I’m my happiest when I’m under pressure and almost overwhelmed by how much I have to get done.
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I can tell you this: Stand-up is not glamorous.
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