Taylor Tomlinson Quotes

Taylor Tomlinson

Profession : Comedian

Birth : November 4, 1993

A big turning point was my first Neflix special, 'Quarter-Life Crisis,' in 2020. That led to more bookings, late night TV appearances and a second Netflix special.

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I'm not really a risk-taker - being a standup comic to me is already risky enough.

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The Internet has made it so much easier to find your specific audience.

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I had all this shame because when I was a kid, my parents were like, 'You don't get on medication. That's weak. That's not good for you.' So I think I felt weak for needing that.

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I have friends who have bipolar. And you never judge your friends. You never felt like that was a big deal. But then when it's you, you somehow realize you have all this deeper stuff from when you were a kid.

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God, I love TikTok.

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Nobody is a professional comedian for the first five, six years they're doing it.

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I'm not super topical or political.

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I'm a pretty personal comedian.

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I think that's what comedians do: We're funny in the moment. We're just so self-reflective and narcissistic.

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When I started doing standup, it was the first time I felt comfortable with myself. I think people I went to school with were surprised - I was kind of quiet and introverted.

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Nothing replaces live shows.

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I hope if I'm going to do a dirty joke, it's at least clever and not cheap.

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If I did act in something, my first thought would be, 'OK, great, people will watch this and come see me on tour.' Everything's there to serve stand-up, and make that bigger and better.

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Something has to be really cool or funny... for me to think about wanting to do it. I think my agents would probably prefer that I audition for more things.

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There's still, you still have to be careful nowadays, with cancel culture and whatnot, but it's nothing compared to what church cancel culture is.

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My mom never saw me funny, which is really sad. She was everything I wanted to be. She was gorgeous, magnetic, creative, flirtatious and interesting. I look nothing like her, though my grandma disagrees: 'I see your mom most in your expressions when you're performing.' That makes me very happy.

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I didn't have a dream college. After graduation, I attended Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, majoring in communication.

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I'm so desperate for all the wisdom that only comes with age. But I can't do anything except wait for it.

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There are certain things that I wrote jokes about that didn't make various specials because I was like, you know what? I don't want to actually put this out there. Or I processed it fully and realized I felt a different way about it.

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