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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.

Aisha Tyler

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Aisha Tyler
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 18
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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'm the kindest, most supportive friend ever, probably to my own detriment, but I hope that I am toughening up a little bit.
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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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I'm black, and black don't crack. It does droop.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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Karaoke is the great equalizer.
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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 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 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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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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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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The best advice anybody could have given me was to keep getting up over and over again.
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I am absolutely a Giants fan and I'm a Dynasty baby so I was a 49ers fan for a long time.
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I'm my own boss and my boss is a total ass.
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