Aisha Tyler Quotes
-
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.
-
There's a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic.
-
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.
-
I tell jokes, chat with people, and make stuff.
-
I see the first 'Bourne' movie as really kind of a fulcrum in changing the modern action film, where things are really gritty and really character-driven. Think about how the entire Bond franchise was completely radicalized by Bourne.
-
I'm the kindest, most supportive friend ever, probably to my own detriment, but I hope that I am toughening up a little bit.
-
I'd be plenty happy if I could keep playing scientists and cops for the rest of my career.
-
I really love being busy because I am - feel like I am at my best when I am busy.
-
Marriage is hard. I'm not gonna lie.
-
I believe in hard work. I think that everything flows out of that.
-
But I love stand-up, and it's where I came from creatively, so it's something I never want to walk away from.
-
I used to worry that if I wasn't having a dynamic life, then I wouldn't have anything to talk about.
-
For someone to say that marriage is only about procreation is a joke. I didn't marry my husband to have children. I married my husband because I love my husband.
-
I love New Orleans. I did a movie there right before Katrina.
-
Am I going to complain about being typecast as smart? I don't think so.
-
You can't control where you were born, the family you were born into, what you look like; you can't control any of those circumstances. The only thing you can control is how you react.
-
My dad, he was a construction worker. He was a butcher. He was a deep sea fisherman.
-
For a little while, my mom was a school teacher. And I went to the school that she taught.
-
I'm sure I had low-level scurvy all of my childhood.
-
My parents were vegetarians. I'd show up at school, this giant black kid, with none of the cool clothes and a tofu sandwich and celery sticks.
-
Maybe the nails are a little stubby and gnawed on, but I definitely do not have man hands.
-
I was raised by a single dad. Dad's idea of hanging out with your kid or day care was give her $20 in quarters, drop her at the arcade, and tell her not to talk to strangers.
-
One thing about creativity is, when you feel confident and respected, you're more likely to pitch more interesting stuff because you're not as precious with it. You feel like, 'This is going to land, and I'm going to be supported in this.'
-
I think people sleepwalk through their lives, and for me, I wanted to embrace everything. And that meant the agonizing pain and the transcendence, and you can't have one without the other.