I went to private school for two years, then Aptos Middle School, and I finished at McAteer. Several of my classmates at those schools are my friends today. Aisha Tyler Read Quote
It’s a thrill to star with such great actors like Kevin Bacon, Kelly Preston, and Garrett Hedlund. Aisha Tyler Read Quote
I am constantly re-evaluating my goals and trying to strike items from my to-do list that aren’t critical. Aisha Tyler Read Quote
Standup comedy is inordinately difficult. If doing something else for a living will make you equally happy, choose that instead. I’m serious. Comedy is punishing. Aisha Tyler Read Quote
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. Aisha Tyler Read Quote
God, I mean I had so many people tell me, ‘What you’re doing doesn’t work.’ I used to have to get on stage and apologize for talking the way that I speak. Aisha Tyler Read Quote
If you have a secret, and it’s embarrassing to you, when you tell that story – you own it. It becomes yours, and no one can use it against you. Aisha Tyler Read Quote