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I'm such a geek, and have always been a real nerd.

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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
Geek
Nerd
Real
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Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough.
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I spent most of my seventh grade summer dehydrated, green-tongued, and smelling like a Malaysian whorehouse.
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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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Karaoke is the great equalizer.
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Marriage isn't a carnival ride.
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Pop culture hales you and wants you to fail.
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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 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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I'm sure I had low-level scurvy all of my childhood.
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I think I was only attracted to drunken douches before I got married.
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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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The best advice anybody could have given me was to keep getting up over and over again.
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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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I really do know football.
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Pop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times.
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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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One thing we do really well on Archer and one thing I've always tried to do in my comedy and my writing and my podcast is to never speak down to my audience.
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On general principle, I boycott shows that don't employ actors.
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They always say some women like to fix people. I don't like to fix people, but you like a challenge.
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