Quotes from Charlie Day

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.

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

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.

In my theater days I assumed that you had to get rid of yourself to do a character well, and I don't think I was a very good actor when I did that.

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

Both of my parents are actually music teachers.

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.

You live your comedic life close to the edge, you're gonna cross the line and offend people.

I eat stickers all the time dude!

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

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.

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.

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

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

Technically, I'm a New Yorker.

I love Queen. Not all of it. Some of it, I can't get into. But "Don't Stop Me Now" is a pretty hilarious song. It's a good pick-me-up in the car.

Everyone knows what it's like to feel like the underdog. Everyone wants to be accepted. Ultimately, everybody wants to be loved.

It doesn't really matter to me whether the 7-year-olds are big fans of my work. I'm happy just to be working at all. I do think it will be nice to have a movie that my son can watch.

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.

You're happy that people are seeing your work. As for the critics, it really hurts when they knock you.

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

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

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