Pop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times. Aisha Tyler More Quotes by Aisha Tyler More Quotes From Aisha Tyler 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. Aisha Tyler guy people looks I'm black, and black don't crack. It does droop. Aisha Tyler cracks black doe I thought I was gonna be an attorney, so I went to Dartmouth and I was a government major and I minored in environmental policy, and I didn't do anything academically around the arts. Aisha Tyler environmental government art 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." Aisha Tyler husband love-is thinking I'm the kindest, most supportive friend ever, probably to my own detriment, but I hope that I am toughening up a little bit. Aisha Tyler supportive my-own littles I'm my own boss and my boss is a total ass. Aisha Tyler ass boss my-own I'm just myself, so I don't know that I think of myself as a nerd icon. Aisha Tyler nerd icons thinking I liked comedy, but didn't know it was something you could do for a living. I actually wanted to be an attorney. Aisha Tyler attorney comedy wanted 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.' Aisha Tyler doctors looks thinking When one is undone—sprawled across the cold tile of a public bathroom in a pool of one’s own vomit, or shivering in the back of a taxi in a pair of urine-soaked skinny jeans with no money for cab fare and a dead cell phone battery—much like a wobbly toddler or an unhinged politician, one immediately looks for someone else to blame. God. Your parents. Ex-girlfriends. Undocumented immigrants. Marvin in Human Resources. China. Aisha Tyler phones girlfriend cells On general principle, I boycott shows that don't employ actors. Aisha Tyler actors principles shows I don't know if I was always an open person, but I think stand-up comics specifically have this way of running towards embarrassing things - whereas regular people tend to run away - because the embarrassing story is always going to be the really funny story. Aisha Tyler running people thinking 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. Aisha Tyler radio three life-is Maybe the nails are a little stubby and gnawed on, but I definitely do not have man hands. Aisha Tyler nails men hands I have always been a softie, and I fight it with every fiber of my being. Aisha Tyler being-sad fighting needs 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. Aisha Tyler find-me being-the-best people 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. Aisha Tyler amusement painful-moments childhood I'm sure I had low-level scurvy all of my childhood. Aisha Tyler childhood levels lows I'm such a geek, and have always been a real nerd. Aisha Tyler geek nerd real I was not one of those people who wanted to be a comedian when I was growing up. I liked comedy, but didn't know it was something you could do for a living. I actually wanted to be an attorney. I did do things on the side like improv and sketch comedy, but law was my focus. I was a very bookish, academic kid. When I got out of college, I was really unhappy. I had a great job that I should have loved, yet I was miserable. I slowly realized that was because I wasn't performing. So I just tried stand-up and fell in love with it after one performance. Aisha Tyler growing-up college kids
