Am I going to complain about being typecast as smart? I don’t think so.
AISHA TYLERI’m the kindest, most supportive friend ever, probably to my own detriment, but I hope that I am toughening up a little bit.
More Aisha Tyler Quotes
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I don’t want to be pandered to, so I try not to pander.
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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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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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They always say some women like to fix people. I don’t like to fix people, but you like a challenge.
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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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I love being married. I love my husband. I think married people always have that thing where they think that the grass is greener on the single side, but all my single friends are like,
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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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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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My parents were vegetarians. I’d show up at school, this giant black kid, with none of the cool clothes and a tofu sandwich and celery sticks.
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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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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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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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Nothing really worth having is easy to get. The hard-fought battles, the goals won with sacrifice, are the ones that matter.
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Marriage isn’t a carnival ride.
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