Aisha Tyler Quotes
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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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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 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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Marriage is a mystery, and part of it is just being kind to each other, not being selfish.
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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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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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I was always a theatrical kid.
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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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I tell jokes, chat with people, and make stuff.
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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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For the record, I'm a clinical workaholic.
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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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Marriage isn't a carnival ride.
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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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Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough.
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I like grown up comedy.
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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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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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I'm surrounded by geniuses, which is really not good for my own personal self-esteem!
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In my life and my work, I really try to be just fully myself.
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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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I married my college boyfriend, so I've been with him since I was a kid.
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I don't think of myself as a role model, but I do feel like, for women out there who are trying to figure out who they are, the most important choice to make is to live a life that's true to who you are inside. And let your ideas and your heart and your mind drive your fashion choices.
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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.