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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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Aisha Tyler
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 18
Actor
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Aisha Nilaja Tyler
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I was raised by a single dad, so I've always just kind of liked guys stuff. I think my dad just took me to the things he was interested in.
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I think diversity in television is important. It's not about trying to fill a quota or satisfy some idea of diversity, but I think what diversity brings to any daypart is more eyeballs, just more opportunity.
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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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Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough.
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You know, it's about getting out there and having a good time. Not about worrying - all 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.
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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. So everything is all the same job in my eyes, and I don't want to ever give up any part of it. I will say that stand-up is my first love it's how I got started and is in my bones.
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I really do know football.
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I can tell you this: Stand-up is not glamorous.
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Pop culture hales you and wants you to fail.
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Karaoke is the great equalizer.
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I always wanted to be as busy as possible so that if one job went away I'd still have plenty of other things to do.
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I talk to grown-ups who are out to have a good time and they want to be spoken to in a different way. I don't want to be pandered to, so I try not to pander.
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I 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.
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Comedy is ugly. It's honest, it's raw.
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I love to be busy and be challenged. I'm my happiest when I'm under pressure and almost overwhelmed by how much I have to get done. I wish I could say I'm an architect and planned it this way, foresaw doing all these things, but honestly, I've been lucky that things have come across my path and they've worked out well for me.
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I want to point out, that this is not my fault that everyone's afraid of me, because I did not kill a couple people the other day.
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Sometimes the mistake I see people make is thinking that they're always going to be up, and I think that's impossible for anyone.
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After going through a lot of procedures and spending a lot of money … the doctor said, ‘Look, based on what we’re seeing here, I just don’t think this is going to happen for you.'
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When I was young I thought, 'Yeah, people don't see, they're not recognizing how funny I am, and how talented I am'. And the guys that mentored me were like, 'You just have to keep getting up'. And I look back and they were right. They were all right.
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I'm such a geek, and have always been a real nerd.
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