‘Up’ was the best. The first 10 minutes of that movie made me weep. It was so well done… even if that montage was all I’d seen, just as a short film, that was great. That was my favorite thing of the year. – Charlyne Yi
I actually don’t read comic books. I did when I was a kid – I used to read a lot of ‘X-Men’ comic books. I read a couple ‘Scott Pilgrim’ this past year, and those are really good, but I don’t read in general, unfortunately. – Charlyne Yi
It’s kind of shocking to me, actually, that I’ve almost been stereotyped, in a way – physically – because, I didn’t get good grades in school; I got in a lot of fights. 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
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. – Charlyne Yi
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.’ – Charlyne Yi
Awards can’t be what’s important in your life. Because that only affects you in a sense. Life is so much more than that: It’s your family and your friends and that sort of thing. – Charlyne Yi
I have ADD or something. Even when I am doing something, it’s me on the computer, I’m painting and I’m writing music. I have to rotate what I’m doing every 15 minutes. – Charlyne Yi
Being cynical isn’t necessarily being negative or bitter. It’s a person who is wary of mistaking love for something that it’s not and getting their heart broken. – Charlyne Yi
