Top 40 Felicia Day Quotes

I would never let somebody say that they’re me. That would be the ultimate betrayal of what I stand for.

Voice acting is very different from live-action. You only have one tool to convey emotion. You can’t sell a line with a look. It’s all about your vocal instrument.

I’m super excited about gaming always. That’s the thing that I geek out over; those are the vlogs that I’m surfing if I’m not already playing a game at night.

I actually did go through severe depression and anxiety attacks where I couldn’t sleep for weeks. It was definitely several months of being not myself.

‘TableTop’ is packed with gaming celebrities and independent game creators. This is a huge subculture that really doesn’t have a vehicle to rally around or educate people with.

My favorite ‘Mister Rogers’ episodes were always the ones where Mr. Rogers would go into the community.

My goal in creating Geek & Sundry was to create a community based around web video, and we’ve accomplished that, especially on our budget.

The substance of what it means to be a geek is essentially someone who’s brave enough to love something against judgment. The heart of being a geek is a little bit of rejection.

On Tumblr, I’m really careful about not following too many things. I enjoy going on there to discover new things more than anywhere else now.

I’d been in Hollywood for five years before I started writing ‘The Guild.’ I worked enough to pay all my bills. So I was very lucky in that respect. Most people don’t make a living acting.

I’ve read every single fantasy novel there is. I mean, I would challenge a lot of people to read more fantasy novels than I have.

My dad was in the military, yeah. He was in the Air Force, and he was a doctor, so he would go places for six months here, and two years there. And I was home-schooled because I played the violin, and I did a lot of competitions.

People always ask why I stay in the online space versus going to TV or film, like most people would do, and the answer is that there’s opportunity for innovation online – not only innovation in storytelling, but also innovation in how you interact with your audience and that is very fulfilling to me personally.

I think the whole definition of a geek is somebody being passionate and focused, and being proud of saying that they’re passionate and focused, on a narrow range of subjects.

Typecasting is something I have to be careful with, since I play myself on Geek & Sundry so much on my weekly show ‘The Flog.’ That’s why I did ‘Dragon Age: Redemption’ last year, so I could do something a little more dramatic and hard-edged.

At no point am I ever threatened by people who question who I am, or why I like the things I do, or my legitimacy. Because I know who I am very strongly, and I think that’s what geek culture can reinforce.

I think the more web video there is, the more press you’ll get, as well as all the people who want to tell stories that haven’t been told before but can’t do that on TV because different stories are a risk.

I’d been on ‘Buffy’ – that is an amazing community, the Joss Whedon fans.

I think Hollywood has seen what fandom can do for a project. You can definitely see that when you go to Comic-con.

Social media is an amazing tool, but it’s really the face-to-face interaction that makes a long-term impact.

That’s what I love about the Internet. Even if it’s small-scale and you’re just posting on a forum, that’s an uncensored expression. That’s what I love.

Hollywood typecast me as the secretary. I could have worked as the quirky secretary for the rest of my life, but I decided not to do that.

Surprisingly, I think if you’re known on the Internet, you’re probably an introvert.

I don’t appeal to everyone well. I appeal to fewer people in a much stronger way. That’s what fandom is to me, and what creates fans for everything I make.

Nobody sets out to break new ground. I think change comes when people have no other choice.

I learned that lack of budget can be overcome by fan passion if you can get your content to the people who like what you do.

I think every role is always exciting and intimidating. I’ve never had a role where I wasn’t intimidated by it.

Every single job is a challenge. You are walking into a new set, a new character, creating a world and trying to get comfortable to do your best work.

Geek and Sundry has an eclectic line-up of shows all targeted around things I love: Comics, Tabletop Games, Books and more.

Sustaining an audience with a web series is an impossible task.

I’ll be in a series for three or four episodes, but then I’ll be off the series, and downtime, as an actor, is a little more than most people understand. Most of the time you’re just sitting around taking coffee with friends.

People don’t teach you how to handle the workload that comes from a little bit of success, and it’s something I’d never had to handle, because I’d been rejected for so long.

I believe you are never past the point of creating opportunities for yourself.

I created ‘The Guild’ because nobody was offering me the roles I thought I could do best at in Hollywood.

I was a child of a tech family. My grandfather was a nuclear physicist and was always a gadget guy.

I feel like maybe I’m part of that generation that became more of a gamer than a video consumer. It’s always been something I’ve done with my spare time. If I had three hours on a Friday night, I’m not out partying. I’m probably playing video games.

I’m a big champion of people doing things outside the system.

I’m a huge fan of BioWare games. I think they do some of the best character-building. I mean, I have a relationship with Thane from ‘Mass Effect’ that is as vivid as any crush that I’ve had on a TV-show character.

That’s the great thing about incubating something on the web: you have the potential to go to other platforms. Every single platform has a different audience that you find.

Comic-Con has become more of a pop cultural festival, and to not be included feels like you’re missing the biggest celebration of the year.