Aisha Tyler Quotes
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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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Marriage is a mystery, and part of it is just being kind to each other, not being selfish.
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Yes, I do get recognized in public. It's pretty nice.
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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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You know, I read graphic novels but not encyclopedically.
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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 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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I tell jokes, chat with people, and make stuff.
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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 was always a theatrical kid.
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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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Marriage isn't a carnival ride.
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Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough.
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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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Instead of focusing on, 'Oh, there's a black lady who plays videogames,' focus on that there's another person out there who loves the same stuff that you do.
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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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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 like grown up comedy.
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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.