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
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.
hurt thinking lasts
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.
sleep thinking battle
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.
thinking people negativity
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.
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.
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.
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.
nice thinking people
I think sometimes people forget how to be nice to people. I try not to let it get to me.
thinking people be-kind
I think I have an obligation to be kind to people in general, otherwise I'll feel crappy about myself.
thinking ideas laughing
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.
ask explaining express herself paints people performance pretends sound whenever white word
Sometimes people ask me, 'You do stand-up?' I try explaining what I do, and I don't think they really get it. So: 'Yeah, I do stand-up.' I wish there was one word to express what I do - that way, I don't sound arrogant. Whenever I say I'm a performer, people think I'm a performance artist: 'She paints herself white and pretends to be a flower.'
bit humor meant people range
My humor isn't meant to be mean or hurt anyone. But it's to make them uncomfortable and laugh. I like making people feel a different range of emotions. I like to make people a bit confused.