Aisha Tyler

“I remember leaving the first 'Matrix' movie feeling completely radicalized, completely changed. I think we all, from our ordinary lives, like to think about putting ourselves into these extr...”

“I really only play shooters, which is a nice way to restrict the amount of gameplay in the house.”

“I've said this before, and I'm sure there are people who disagree, but I feel like one of the reasons there aren't a lot more women in stand-up - and there are many more now; it's not parity...”

“Pursuit of perfection is futile. Instead, I prioritize and often realize goals or tasks I've been aiming for just aren't that important.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“For a little while, my mom was a school teacher. And I went to the school that she taught.”

“Once we decided not to get pregnant, I snapped back into work mode, and now I have just been really enjoying my career.”

“Sunday is like this entertainment scrum for me, because I've only got a day, one day of fun. So I want to have brunch, and I want to see a movie, and I want to watch 'Game of Thrones,' and I...”

“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.”

“It's always been the genres that fascinated me. I think great action movies and great thrillers are transformative.”

“There's a clock ticking on the pregnancy thing, but not a clock ticking on adoption.”

“Not only was I the only black kid and the only poor kid, but my parents were transcendental meditation devotees, and I live in an ashram for a good portion of my childhood.”

“Am I going to complain about being typecast as smart? I don't think so.”

“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.”

“Everybody has those stories that make them wince when they think about them silently. But as soon as you tell that story, it becomes a little bit less cringe-inducing.”