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On general principle, I boycott shows that don't employ actors.
Aisha Tyler -
Am I going to complain about being typecast as smart? I don't think so.
Aisha Tyler
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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.'
Aisha Tyler -
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.
Aisha Tyler -
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.
Aisha Tyler -
I believe in hard work. I think that everything flows out of that.
Aisha Tyler -
I really try to make smart choices about my fashion and really live a life on the carpet that's the same as the life I live normally.
Aisha Tyler -
I married my husband because I loved him, and I don't feel like there's anybody missing from our marriage, but when you think about this person that you love, and you think about what a wonderful thing it would be to bring another person like that into this world, I think that's the hardest part about all of it.
Aisha Tyler
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I really only play shooters, which is a nice way to restrict the amount of gameplay in the house.
Aisha Tyler -
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 -
I didn't mind being in a school with a small African-American population. The African-American-community was very tight, and that was great. But I also wanted to interact with other types of folks.
Aisha Tyler -
I wasn't mentally prepared to take care of them, I was focused on my career. And then when I got to be in my 40s and I thought about having kids, I wasn't able to have kids naturally. I don't regret it.
Aisha Tyler -
I was this weird little bookish giant.
Aisha Tyler -
Once we decided not to get pregnant, I snapped back into work mode, and now I have just been really enjoying my career.
Aisha Tyler