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The idea of doing stand-up is terrifying to me.

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Charlie Day
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: February 9
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
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Television Actor
New York City
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Charles Peckham Charlie Day
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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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I think people are surprised when I string two sentences together. But I had a fiercely academic upbringing.
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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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As an actor, sometimes you feel a pressure to change yourself from time to time.
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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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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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For the people who don't know, my character could described, in a nutshell, as the bar dumb-dumb.
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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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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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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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I have expanded my mind and destroyed my liver but I didn't give up.
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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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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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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 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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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 think we're all guilty of mistaking the actors we've seen over and over again - we think we know them.
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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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