Latest Charlyne Yi Quotes from Interviews

• So many people get deals, so many YouTubers get scripts and things made because they're constantly creating things on their own. Even if it's really cheap and it's really simple, if it's just good in itself then that's all that matters.

  Charlyne Yi

  Simple, Creating Things, People

  Source: www.seventeen.com

• I do a little improv in my shows. Kind of like our movie, I'll do beats and ideas of dialogue, but I think there's less pressure because it's a live show. If you mess up, the audience laughs because we don't really know what we're doing. But as far as shooting, that was very scary, trying to make a point and drive the film. It definitely helped improvising.

  Charlyne Yi

  Thinking, Ideas, Laughing

  Source: www.seventeen.com

• Interviewing is tough, especially if you don't know what you're looking for.

  Charlyne Yi

  Funny Inspirational, Tough, Full Of Yourself

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I wear glasses because I don't want something tugging my eyeball, but I wouldn't consider myself a "nerd." I don't know what really makes someone a nerd.

  Charlyne Yi

  Glasses, Want Something, Nerd

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I think whatever comes natural is probably the truth, and the truth is the strongest form of anything - whether serious or funny.

  Charlyne Yi

  Thinking, Serious, Truth Is

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• The internet's weird. It's kind of harvesting the negativity. I think negativity has always been out there, but because people are hiding behind the screen, they feel able to express these hateful feelings they've maybe been keeping inside.

  Charlyne Yi

  Thinking, People, Negativity

  Source: www.believermag.com

• Sometimes I feel really bad for the audience. I don't know how to make them happy. And you just feel drained cause you're trying everything possible to turn things around. And sometimes it is possible to turn things around on stage, and I've done it before, but sometimes it's impossible.

  Charlyne Yi

  Trying Everything, Done, Causes

  Source: www.believermag.com

• I feel like I get really energetic and hyper. If I do well in a show, I can't sleep afterwards. If I don't do well, I get kinda drained. I think because it's like a battle on stage.

  Charlyne Yi

  Sleep, Thinking, Battle

  Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. March 1, 2010.

• You can't help but feel the energy of the audience - and if you feel they hate you that feels weird and dirty. But I would never want to take it too seriously. It's understandable that you're not going to be everyone's cup of tea. I think that's helped me survive.

  Charlyne Yi

  Hate, Dirty, Thinking

  Interview with Sheila Heti, staging.believermag.com. March/April 2010.

• Collaboration is just about finding people who are better than you at certain things and combining your powers. Like, if I'm not the strongest at playing piano, I'll work with someone who's really good at it and we'll combine both our brains to write a song.

  Charlyne Yi

  Song, Writing, Piano

  Source: www.believermag.com

• It's interesting to see what people who you find talented come up with, so you work with them. Sometimes ideas come along quicker cause they'll come up with something and you'll be like, "It would have taken me forever to get to that point!" Because you're talking together, your brains are moving faster.

  Charlyne Yi

  Moving, Taken, Talking

  Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. March 1, 2010.

• I think you have to be careful about not hurting someone. The last thing I'd want to do is make a fool of someone, unless they saw the humor in it.

  Charlyne Yi

  Hurt, Thinking, Want

  Source: www.believermag.com

• I think I have an obligation to be kind to people in general, otherwise I'll feel crappy about myself.

  Charlyne Yi

  Thinking, People, Be Kind

  Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. March 1, 2010.

• I think sometimes people forget how to be nice to people. I try not to let it get to me.

  Charlyne Yi

  Nice, Thinking, People

  Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. March 1, 2010.

• Even when I'm stressed out I'm not mean to people. I'm not constantly rude to people. But sometimes people are so rude.

  Charlyne Yi

  Mean, People, Rude

  Source: www.believermag.com

• I think as human beings we contradict our feelings constantly, we make mistakes, but I think ultimately it comes down to actions to define how we feel about each other.

  Charlyne Yi

  Mistake, Thinking, Feelings

  Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. March 1, 2010.

• I think actions really do define how you feel, as opposed to just saying, "I care about you" or "I want to be with you."

  Charlyne Yi

  Thinking, Care, How You Feel

  Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. March 1, 2010.

• I think sometimes it's hard to know what you feel, or to know what's real and what's not, because love or hate or any feeling is a belief. You can say you hate someone, but you don't truly know them.

  Charlyne Yi

  Hate, Real, Thinking

  Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. March 1, 2010.

• You can have examples of reasons to hate people, but if you analyze those reasons it's like, Oh, I'm hating that person based on one thing they did, but I don't actually know them well enough to hate them.

  Charlyne Yi

  Hate, People, Example

  Source: www.believermag.com

• I just realized that I'm just going to be who I am. I don't need to adjust how I look for anyone or even for myself. Even if I have a pimple, I'm not going to cover it up with makeup.

  Charlyne Yi

  Makeup, Who I Am, Needs

  Source: www.believermag.com

• Throughout my whole life money has always been a problem. But I didn't realize that we were poor when we were kids!

  Charlyne Yi

  Kids, Problem, Realizing

  Source: www.believermag.com

• What makes all those women sexy? Were they just born sexy? I guess it's the way they act. I don't want to have to act sexy. I just want to be me, and if I don't happen to be sexy, oh well. That's OK. I don't want to force something I'm not.

  Charlyne Yi

  Sexy, Want, Way

  Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. March 1, 2010.

• Right now I'm sick of acting, so it's like, Maybe I'll do writing for a bit. Then, when I'm tired of writing, I'll go work on my music. When I'm sick of music, I'll be like, I'm going to start performing comedy now. So it's good. It's not like I want to be famous or anything.

  Charlyne Yi

  Writing, Tired, Sick

  Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. March 1, 2010.

• The idea of surprise is part of what makes something funny, or what gets a reaction. At least when I'm an audience member, after you hear a joke so many times it's not as funny because it loses its surprise or its twist. So I think funny has to do with surprise.

  Charlyne Yi

  Thinking, Ideas, Twists

  Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. March 1, 2010.

• I'd love to help the entire world. Even to change the life of one child is amazing.

  Charlyne Yi

  Children, World, Helping

  Source: www.believermag.com

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