The best advice anybody could have given me was to keep getting up over and over again.
AISHA TYLEROne thing we do really well on Archer and one thing I’ve always tried to do in my comedy and my writing and my podcast is to never speak down to my audience.
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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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I don’t believe in superheroes but I love Batman movies. There’s a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic.
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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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I can tell you this: Stand-up is not glamorous.
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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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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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But I think what diversity brings to any daypart is more eyeballs, just more opportunity.
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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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Real success and accomplishment, at whatever it is you are passionate about, requires real work.
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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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Marriage is a mystery and part of it is just being kind to each other, not being selfish.
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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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“Trust me, you don’t want to have to actually interact with these people.”
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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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So what I would say to other people is to just embrace who you are because you will become instantly happier.
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