Charlyne Yi
Charlyne Yi
Charlyne Amanda Yi is an American actress, comedian, musician, and writer. Her performances include music, magic, games, and often audience participation. In one performance, she had her head shaved while she sang the song "Nothing Compares 2 U"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth4 January 1986
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
funny-inspirational tough full-of-yourself
Interviewing is tough, especially if you don't know what you're looking for.
hate dirty thinking
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.
song writing piano
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.
thinking serious truth-is
I think whatever comes natural is probably the truth, and the truth is the strongest form of anything - whether serious or funny.
want-something glasses nerd
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.
children world helping
I'd love to help the entire world. Even to change the life of one child is amazing.
sexy want way
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.
makeup who-i-am looks
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.
tired writing sick
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.
thinking ideas twists
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.
real hate thinking
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.
hate people example
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.
thinking care how-you-feel
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."
mistake thinking feelings
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.