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

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Aisha Tyler
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 18
Actor
Actress
Comedian
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Editor
Film Producer
Improviser
Podcaster
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Voice Actor
San Francisco County
California
Aisha Nilaja Tyler
Ugly
Comedy
Honest

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I like to be nice. I want to be a hero. I want to save people. Or just kill zombies, because they deserve it, because they're already dead and they can't feel it. They don't have feelings.
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I've always been a gamer, and I had a period where I was gaming at a really hardcore level.
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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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Pop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times.
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But I love stand-up, and it's where I came from creatively, so it's something I never want to walk away from.
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I like the company of guys. I have a lot of good girlfriends that I really love, but you know, most of my close friends are men.
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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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On general principle, I boycott shows that don't employ actors.
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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 think I was only attracted to drunken douches before I got married.
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Maybe the nails are a little stubby and gnawed on, but I definitely do not have man hands.
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No one wants to hear about how awesome you were people want to hear about the time you blew it. So I think the longer you do stand-up, the more comfortable you are. You stop wanting to hide your foibles and instead want to show who you are.
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My parents were vegetarians. I'd show up at school, this giant black kid, with none of the cool clothes and a tofu sandwich and celery sticks.
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Pop culture hales you and wants you to fail.
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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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I love being married. I love my husband. I think married people always have that thing where they think that the grass is greener on the single side, but all my single friends are like, Trust me, you don't want to have to actually interact with these people.
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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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When I get old and slow down I want to look behind me and see all the fire and the wreckage and no stone left unturned.
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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.
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Omnipresence can be a good or bad thing, I suppose. I don't want to spend a lot of time thinking about it. I'm super-grateful.
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