I was really unhappy. I had a great job that I should have loved, yet I was miserable. I slowly realized that was because I wasn’t performing. So I just tried stand-up and fell in love with it after one performance.
AISHA TYLERI spent most of my seventh grade summer dehydrated, green-tongued, and smelling like a Malaysian whorehouse.
More Aisha Tyler Quotes
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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’m my own boss and my boss is a total ass.
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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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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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Pop culture hales you and wants you to fail.
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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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You know, it’s about getting out there and having a good time. Not about worrying .
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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 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’m black, and black don’t crack. It does droop.
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All these young books for women are like I’m 29 with a closet full of Prada shoes and I can’t get a date. Come on.
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I’m such a geek, and have always been a real nerd.
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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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One 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 liked comedy, but didn’t know it was something you could do for a living. I actually wanted to be an attorney.
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