On general principle, I boycott shows that don’t employ actors.
AISHA TYLEROn general principle, I boycott shows that don’t employ actors.
AISHA TYLERI grew up on the back of a motorcycle – my dad didn’t have a car until I was a teenager. And then my closest friend from grade school was a guy.
AISHA TYLERI’m just myself, so I don’t know that I think of myself as a nerd icon.
AISHA TYLERThey always say some women like to fix people. I don’t like to fix people, but you like a challenge.
AISHA TYLERI 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 TYLERAll 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.
AISHA TYLERAm I going to complain about being typecast as smart? I don’t think so.
AISHA TYLERYou know, it’s about getting out there and having a good time. Not about worrying .
AISHA TYLERI’m black, and black don’t crack. It does droop.
AISHA TYLERBut I love stand-up, and it’s where I came from creatively, so it’s something I never want to walk away from.
AISHA TYLERA belief in feminism is a belief in personal freedom.
AISHA TYLERSo 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.
AISHA TYLERPop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times.
AISHA TYLERNothing really worth having is easy to get. The hard-fought battles, the goals won with sacrifice, are the ones that matter.
AISHA TYLERIt is hard, it lasts all day, the lighting is generally fluorescent, and, apparently, drinking at your desk is frowned upon.
AISHA TYLERIf you ever needed to ruin someone’s fun, I mean really poop a party, just move things to the workplace. Fun terminated.
AISHA TYLER