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I never saw myself as a comedian. I saw myself as a guy who can act funny.

Charlie Day

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Charlie Day
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: February 9
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Showrunner
Television Actor
New York City
New York
Charles Peckham Charlie Day
Charles Peckham Day
Comedian
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I am a classical fan. I like Debussy a lot, so I was trying to learn it on the piano. I've learned like a third of it, but I think I'm getting to a section that may be beyond my skill level.
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You live your comedic life close to the edge, you're gonna cross the line and offend people.
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I had my own insecurities, which a lot of my comedy would come from, about not being able to live up to their academic expectations. Acting out those insecurities was a way of confronting them, like, “Let me just lean into being a guy who can’t read or write.”
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I always have my best thoughts on the toilet.
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Well, you know, I don't think anyone who writes a television series has a master plan from the beginning, and knows all the character traits, and everything that's going to happen.
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Growing up in Rhode Island, my friends would have strung me up if I had been a Yankees fan.
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I'm always in the elements, it seems like it's pouring rain on me a lot and there's crowds of people pushing me around, and it feels very real. Which is great as a actor, you don't have to come up with too much of it. I'm always amazed.
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Still when I go on talk shows, I worry that I have to live up to a comedic persona.
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I have expanded my mind and destroyed my liver but I didn't give up.
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I think people are surprised when I string two sentences together. But I had a fiercely academic upbringing.
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As an actor, sometimes you feel a pressure to change yourself from time to time.
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I don't think you should just do what makes you happy. Do what makes you great. Do what's uncomfortable and scary and hard but pays off in the long run... Let yourself fail... And pick yourself up and fail again. Without that struggle, what is your success anyway?
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Sometimes even hearing a bad idea is a great way to get to a good idea.
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I didn’t know that it was going to launch a quote-unquote comedic career. I just wanted to do anything other than wait tables.
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I find that the majority of the year, I don't spend acting. I spend it either writing or editing or producing, or putting things together. So it's as shocking as it is tragic. I really enjoy it. It's a valuable skill set. I certainly feel like more of a grownup.
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Occasionally it can be a little disappointing to see rock gods in their 60s or 70s up on stage.
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I don't know any songs. People have asked me to play a song, and I say, I don't know anything.
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Writing is like pulling your hair out. You have nothing, and you can't think of anything, but you have to think of something.
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I put myself in the category of Lucky Guy, and my hopes for the future are that I can continue to push the envelope for myself, and creatively and see what's next.
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As an actor, I think every moment in your life is giving you a new set of tools. You’re constantly absorbing new information that you can put back onto the screen.
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