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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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Aisha Tyler
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 18
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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'm just myself, so I don't know that I think of myself as a nerd icon.
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I'm just going to be the best version of me that I could possibly be and be as funny as I possibly can. I've just got to be myself and hopefully people will find me. And my audience did find me.
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I don't want to be pandered to, so I try not to pander.
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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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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 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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So much of a stand-up's life is doing live radio and having to be funny and quick on the spot with these strangers, and sort of surgical in terms of how funny I can be in three minutes.
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Pop culture hales you and wants you to fail.
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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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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've always been a gamer, and I had a period where I was gaming at a really hardcore level.
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On general principle, I boycott shows that don't employ actors.
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TV always wants more people to be watching.
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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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I take the most wrenchingly painful moments of my life, brush them off and present them for the amusement of others. Luckily for me, my childhood was torture.
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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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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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Pop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times.
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I visualize myself winning the Olympic Pentathlon, inventing a phone that can be controlled by brain waves, or doing the laundry. I do not actually DO these things, but I see myself doing them, and that is almost MORE satisfying, because I am also lying down.
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