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

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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
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I was the world's smallest man, covered in freckles with a squeaky, scratchy voice. And I still am, but I've learned to love myself.
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Thinking of Plan B muddies up your chances of succeeding at Plan A.
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Hot soup at table is very vulgar it either leads to an unseemly mode of taking it, or keeps people waiting too long whilst it cools. Soup should be brought to table only moderately warm.
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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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I think people are surprised when I string two sentences together. But I had a fiercely academic upbringing.
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It is not elegant to gnaw Indian corn. The kernels should be scored with a knife, scraped off into the plate, and then eaten with a fork. Ladies should be particularly careful how they manage so ticklish a dainty, lest the exhibition rub off a little desirable romance.
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Both of my parents are actually music teachers. I think I got to a certain age where I decided I'd rather be a baseball player than a musician. Now, like most kids, I regret it.
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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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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 don't think you should just do what makes you happy. Do what makes you great.
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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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For the people who don't know, my character could described, in a nutshell, as the bar dumb-dumb.
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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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The idea of doing stand-up is terrifying to me.
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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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Everyone knows what it's like to feel like the underdog. Everyone wants to be accepted. Ultimately, everybody wants to be loved.
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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 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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You're responsible for your own character to a degree, because when it comes to the final draft of the script, you might say, Well, I think maybe I could add this here, add that there. But I find that I write just as well for the other characters as I do for myself. I think.
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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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