Taylor Tomlinson

Comedian

1993-11-04

Quotes by Taylor Tomlinson

• I started doing stand-up at 16 and I didn't have the life experience to talk about politics or social issues.

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• I'm not really a risk-taker - being a standup comic to me is already risky enough.

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• When I started doing standup, it was the first time I felt comfortable with myself. I think people I went to school with were surprised - I was kind of quiet and introverted.

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• Being bipolar is like not knowing how to swim. It might be embarrassing to tell people, and it might be hard to take you certain places. But they have arm floaties. And if you just take your arm floaties, you can go wherever the hell you want.

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• I didn't go up in a comedy club until I was in my late teens, because I didn't know where to get a fake ID or anything, and I'm such a good kid.

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• I'm not super topical or political.

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• After a semester, I left Cal Poly to attend a local community college - Palomar in San Marcos. It was the best move. I worked, saved money and eventually transferred to a different state school. In all, I went to college for three years.

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• A big turning point was my first Neflix special, 'Quarter-Life Crisis,' in 2020. That led to more bookings, late night TV appearances and a second Netflix special.

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• Being in your 20s is like having a virus. You can't do anything. You just have to wait until you're better.

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• There's still, you still have to be careful nowadays, with cancel culture and whatnot, but it's nothing compared to what church cancel culture is.

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