Aisha Tyler Quotes

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Aisha Tyler

Profession : Actress

Birth : September 18, 1970

Every culture is very important. Dartmouth has always been dedicated to diversity of culture.

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I remember leaving the first 'Matrix' movie feeling completely radicalized, completely changed. I think we all, from our ordinary lives, like to think about putting ourselves into these extraordinary situations and wonder how we'd respond.

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I believe in hard work. I think that everything flows out of that.

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I really only play shooters, which is a nice way to restrict the amount of gameplay in the house.

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I didn't mind being in a school with a small African-American population. The African-American-community was very tight, and that was great. But I also wanted to interact with other types of folks.

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I married my husband because I loved him, and I don't feel like there's anybody missing from our marriage, but when you think about this person that you love, and you think about what a wonderful thing it would be to bring another person like that into this world, I think that's the hardest part about all of it.

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I used to worry that if I wasn't having a dynamic life, then I wouldn't have anything to talk about.

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I can tell you this: Stand-up is not glamorous.

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I have this insane and unabated longing for San Francisco. I come up there every chance that I get.

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A lot of people try to control how you access gaming. You know, they're trying to prevent people from buying games.

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One of the first movies my dad took me to see was the original 'Road Warrior.' And I was kind of raised on the action movies of that era: 'The Terminator' and 'Die Hard' and, of course, all of the 'Star Wars' movies.

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I see the first 'Bourne' movie as really kind of a fulcrum in changing the modern action film, where things are really gritty and really character-driven. Think about how the entire Bond franchise was completely radicalized by Bourne.

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Comedy is ugly. It's honest, it's raw.

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Instead of focusing on, 'Oh, there's a black lady who plays videogames,' focus on that there's another person out there who loves the same stuff that you do.

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I was raised by a single dad, and I've always kind of liked things that are typically more guy-oriented.

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It's a thrill to star with such great actors like Kevin Bacon, Kelly Preston, and Garrett Hedlund.

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I am absolutely a Giants fan and I'm a Dynasty baby so I was a 49ers fan for a long time.

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Pop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times.

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I try to do more intelligent roles, unusual roles, and stronger women, and that's helped me a little bit with my casting opportunities.

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I've said this before, and I'm sure there are people who disagree, but I feel like one of the reasons there aren't a lot more women in stand-up - and there are many more now; it's not parity, but it's getting there - is that women are not socialized to look stupid or silly. They're socialized to be pretty and precious.

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