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,
AISHA TYLERI have one girlfriend who is dating right now – she’s divorced – and she’s on Tinder, so we play Tinder. I know that’s not a real game, but it’s my favorite thing to do.
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Sometimes the mistake I see people make is thinking that they’re always going to be up, and I think that’s impossible for anyone.
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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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Every ethnic group has this where people within it will try and tell each other how they should be.
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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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I was born in California, raised a vegetarian, and love science fiction, so don’t tell me how I need to be in order to fit your standards.
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I have always been a softie, and I fight it with every fiber of my being. Sadly, my being’s fibers need to hit the gym.
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So much of a stand-up’s life is doing live radio and having to be funny and quick on the spot with these strangers, and sort of surgical in terms of how funny I can be in three minutes.
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Pop culture hales you and wants you to fail.
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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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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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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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No one wants to hear about how awesome you were; people want to hear about the time you blew it.
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You can only really learn from failure … To win, you need to fail, and fail hard.
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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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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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