I think diversity in television is important. It’s not about trying to fill a quota or satisfy some idea of diversity.
AISHA TYLERWipe 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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I’m my own boss and my boss is a total ass.
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I thought I was gonna be an attorney, so I went to Dartmouth and I was a government major and I minored in environmental policy, and I didn’t do anything academically around the arts.
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When I get old and slow down I want to look behind me and see all the fire and the wreckage and no stone left unturned.
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But I think what diversity brings to any daypart is more eyeballs, just more opportunity.
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Real sacrifice. Real disappointment. Real failure. And it requires the ability to scrape your sorry ass up off the floor, stumble to your feet.
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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 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 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’m black, and black don’t crack. It does droop.
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“Trust me, you don’t want to have to actually interact with these people.”
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I take the most wrenchingly painful moments of my life, brush them off and present them for the amusement of others. Luckily for me, my childhood was torture.
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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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Marriage isn’t a carnival ride.
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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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No one wants to hear about how awesome you were; people want to hear about the time you blew it.
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