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 TYLERIt is hard, it lasts all day, the lighting is generally fluorescent, and, apparently, drinking at your desk is frowned upon.
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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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the freedom to live a life free of fear of violence, to select a fulfilling career and be compensated fairly, to choose when to start a family, to marry whom you love.
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I’m such a geek, and have always been a real nerd.
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Marriage is a mystery and part of it is just being kind to each other, not being selfish.
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I visualize myself winning the Olympic Pentathlon, inventing a phone that can be controlled by brain waves, or doing the laundry.
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I don’t know if I was always an open person, but I think stand-up comics specifically have this way of running towards embarrassing things.
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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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I’m just myself, so I don’t know that I think of myself as a nerd icon.
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Comedy is ugly. It’s honest, it’s raw.
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I started out being a stand up and writing my own material. That took me to Talk Soup, where I was writing and performing for TV.
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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 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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I love it when I come across a word I don’t know. And I would never treat my audience like they weren’t smart enough to come along with me.
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I really do know football.
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Much like a wobbly toddler or an unhinged politician, one immediately looks for someone else to blame. God. Your parents. Ex-girlfriends. Undocumented immigrants. Marvin in Human Resources. China.
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