Explore Quotes by Charlie Day

Yeah, I've always considered myself a musical person.

My parents are more likely to know who Franz Liszt is than Snooki.

As an actor, sometimes you feel a pressure to change yourself from time to time.

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.

I waited tables in New York, and when you're in that line of work, you often have a horrible boss.

Starting out, I bet I didn't get a lot of parts because of my strange voice. I'm not consciously thinking, 'Hey, sound like a squeaky dog toy mixed with a bagful of rusty nails.' It's just what my voice has done.

Technically, I'm a New Yorker.

I am a Patsy Cline fan.

Knowing that I'm not a model and I'm never going to be has relieved me of the pressure of looking good. If you don't establish yourself as McDreamy then you don't have to live up to it.

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

Both of my parents are actually music teachers.

Growing up in Rhode Island, my friends would have strung me up if I had been a Yankees fan.

Actors put ourselves in awkward positions all the time.

Still when I go on talk shows, I worry that I have to live up to a comedic persona.

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

Thinking of Plan B muddies up your chances of succeeding at Plan A.

You do not have to be fearless, just don't let fear stop you.

Never trust a man whom you know to have acted like a scoundrel to others, whatever friendliness he may profess to feel towards yourself, however plausible he may be, or however kindly he may behave; be sure that, the moment he has anything to gain by so doing, he will "throw you over."

You cannot let a fear of failure or a fear of comparison or a fear of judgment stop you from doing what’s going to make you great. You cannot succeed without this risk of failure. You cannot have a voice without the risk of criticism and you cannot love without the risk of loss.

I don't think you should just do what makes you happy. Do what makes you great.

I have expanded my mind and destroyed my liver but I didn't give up.