Aisha Tyler Quotes

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Aisha Tyler

Profession : Actress

Birth : September 18, 1970

My hands are delicate and elegant, thank you very much. They're well-kept; my nails are clean.

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On general principle, I boycott shows that don't employ actors.

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The only concept or experience or core belief that I can attribute my other-ness to is that I just started out a weirdo and I stayed a weirdo. And it took me a long time to embrace my outsidership and see it as a strength rather than a weakness.

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I feel if you believe in equality, you have to believe in it for everybody. And that's the way I've always lived my life.

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I was with someone at 19, and I was married at 23, and I didn't want kids when I was in my 20s.

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I was this weird little bookish giant.

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I think people assume that because I talk the way that I talk that I grew up with money, and then I've had to say, 'No, I grew up poor.' And then I was like, 'Why do I have to play this game where the only black experience that's authentic is the one where you grew up in poverty?' I mean, it's ridiculous.

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Comedy's really about not being afraid to look terrible, look ugly, look silly, make fun of yourself. And that's something that women are just not socialized to do. But more women are doing it, and more women have examples of women doing it brilliantly.

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I love New Orleans. I did a movie there right before Katrina.

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As a comedian, it really gelled when I started doing standup. Because standup is so much about bravery, especially in the early days. There is no doubt that it is going to go terribly for you over and over and over again. But you cannot get funny without bombing.

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If you look at shows like 'Def Comedy Jam' in its heyday, there were so many really funny, talented black comics that never would have gotten on that show because they just weren't doing comedy that fit that mold.

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If you have a secret, and it's embarrassing to you, when you tell that story - you own it. It becomes yours, and no one can use it against you.

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I am constantly re-evaluating my goals and trying to strike items from my to-do list that aren't critical.

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I was always a theatrical kid.

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I can't say that there's been some big change during my career where all of a sudden everything's totally colorblind.

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I married my college boyfriend, so I've been with him since I was a kid.

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For a little while, my mom was a school teacher. And I went to the school that she taught.

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If you're a game company, you want to create a singular gaming experience, and part of that is doing stuff that nobody else is doing. If you're trying to create a game that feels different, you're going to create a lead that feels different. It's not going to be just another white guy.

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God, I mean I had so many people tell me, 'What you're doing doesn't work.' I used to have to get on stage and apologize for talking the way that I speak.

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I've always been an outsider.

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