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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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Aisha Tyler
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 18
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San Francisco County
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Aisha Nilaja Tyler
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Every ethnic group has this where people within it will try and tell each other how they should be. So what I would say to other people is to just embrace who you are because you will become instantly happier.
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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 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 always tell people that if you really want to know somebody, they should listen to that person's interview with me. I spend a lot of time with my guests.
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On general principle, I boycott shows that don't employ actors.
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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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Pop culture hales you and wants you to fail.
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Pop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times.
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I'm black, and black don't crack. It does droop.
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I have one girlfriend who is dating right now - she's divorced - and she's on Tinder, so we play Tinder. I know that's not a real game, but it's my favorite thing to do.
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I was born in California, raised a vegetarian, and love science fiction, so don't tell me how I need to be in order to fit your standards. When I was younger, those kinds of comments bothered me, but eventually got to a point where I realized I wasn't going to change who I was.
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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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I liked comedy, but didn't know it was something you could do for a living. I actually wanted to be an attorney.
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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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I think I was only attracted to drunken douches before I got married.
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I don't believe in superheroes but I love Batman movies. There's a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic.
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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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Successful people just don't let failure define them or keep them from doing what they want to do. For example, I'd have people come up to me after my shows, and they'd say they want to do stand-up but are scared they're going to fail. I'd tell them, You are going to fail, and anyone who is success has powered through many, many failures.
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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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