Aisha Tyler Quotes
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Pop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times.
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I'm trying my hand at directing. I'm doing an independent movie that we haven't started casting yet, but it's like an edgy version of 'Lethal Weapon' and '48 Hours,' only with two women in it.
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I think people assume that because I talk the way that I talk that I grew up with money, and then I've had to say, 'No, I grew up poor.' And then I was like, 'Why do I have to play this game where the only black experience that's authentic is the one where you grew up in poverty?' I mean, it's ridiculous.
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I can't say that there's been some big change during my career where all of a sudden everything's totally colorblind.
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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 believe that the essence of marriage is choosing someone who loves you for who you are, embraces everything about you, and building a life with that person. Whether that life is with children or without children - it's honestly immaterial to building a life with someone that you love fully.
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Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough.
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My hands are delicate and elegant, thank you very much. They're well-kept; my nails are clean.
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I can't control what's fair and unfair. I can't control the nature of the business or the nature of society or the nature of the world, but what I can control is how I choose to see the world and what I choose to put back into it.
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I am black, and there's no getting around that, but being black doesn't define every aspect of my life.
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I was always a theatrical kid.
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I try to do more intelligent roles, unusual roles, and stronger women, and that's helped me a little bit with my casting opportunities.
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You know, it's about getting out there and having a good time. Not about worrying - all these young books for women are like I'm 29 with a closet full of Prada shoes and I can't get a date. Come on.
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I like grown up comedy.
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For the record, I'm a clinical workaholic.
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Marriage isn't a carnival ride.
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We were poor. My mother got our clothes out of the free box at the church, you know? So much of when you're a kid is about relating about what you watch on TV. And who's got these cooler shoes, and 'Let's trade lunches.' And I was just like, 'I don't have a television. I have a rock and a piece of tofu.'
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Marriage is a blood sport. Marriage is jousting. It's disembowelment. It's just terrible, terrible visceral injuries. It's not for everybody.
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I married my college boyfriend, so I've been with him since I was a kid.
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After 40, your chances of getting pregnant are between two and eight percent, and in my particular case, they were less than five percent.
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In my life and my work, I really try to be just fully myself.
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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 such a geek, and have always been a real nerd.
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I'm surrounded by geniuses, which is really not good for my own personal self-esteem!