TV and comics and movies are what you think about when you think about geek, but people can be a geek about anything. Felicia Day More Quotes by Felicia Day More Quotes From Felicia Day Just because you have star power and a huge marketing budget, you can see from some professional web series, it doesn't equal views. Felicia Day marketing stars views That is not what Geek means to me. We are more than the hobbies that we do or the things that we like. To me, Geek means an outsider, a rebel, a dreamer, a creator, a fighter. It's a person who dares to love something that isn't conventional. Felicia Day rebel dreamer mean 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. Felicia Day passionate definitions thinking As far as the MMOs go, especially with the voice chat, it becomes like hanging out with your friends in a chat channel, and you're playing at the same time. So it becomes a lot more social than people would probably think. Felicia Day real night thinking You don't need millions of dollars or millions of people if you're doing what you love. Felicia Day doing-what-you-love dollars people Each one of us is finite, and if we can spread ourselves out in a way to inspire and help other people to be all they can be, I think that's so much more important than one person's glory. Felicia Day helping-others people thinking 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. Felicia Day who-i-am people thinking The cool thing about what I'm doing, I feel, is that with the Internet, I do my Twitter and I have a blog, and I personally answer as many e-mails as I can, and thank people. I'm going to be on House next week, and people are like, "Oh my gosh, Felicia's on House!" And it's almost as if I'm their cousin, or just a friend or a neighbor who did that. Vs. some famous person. Felicia Day cousin house people Social media is an amazing tool, but it's really the face-to-face interaction that makes a long-term impact. Felicia Day impact media long If you know your characters well enough, you aren't trying to grasp for storylines. You're really thinking about their flaws and their passions and what they're chasing. Felicia Day passion character thinking 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. Felicia Day rejection heart mean I'm always doing things that scare me, because I feel like that's how you should live life. If I'm terrified - and I'm often terrified - then I should be doing that. Like trapeze class, or singing in front of 5,000 people. Felicia Day live-life singing people I believe you are never past the point of creating opportunities for yourself. Felicia Day opportunity believe past Basically, my socialization as a child didn't come from any schooling; it came from being in theater and meeting people online. Felicia Day online children people I was a child of a tech family. My grandfather was a nuclear physicist and was always a gadget guy. Felicia Day guy grandfather children In making a web video series number one, you need to have a script that you think is really funny, and it's true to yourself. I think some people use things as a stepping stone, and they want to please people and show them, "Hey, I can do hip guys in Judd Apatow style," and it's not true to them. If there's something you know about, like motorcycles, do something about motorcycles first. Do something that's really true to yourself and find a voice, and make the script as good as possible. Felicia Day guy people thinking My goal in creating Geek & Sundry was to create a community based around web video, and we've accomplished that, especially on our budget. Felicia Day creating community goal My favorite 'Mister Rogers' episodes were always the ones where Mr. Rogers would go into the community. Felicia Day roger my-favorite community I would never let somebody say that they're me. That would be the ultimate betrayal of what I stand for. Felicia Day betrayal ultimate would-be We knew how important it was to have a DP, because most web videos are horrible, because they shoot against a white apartment wall with no directional mic, you know? Those simple things, like knowing you have to have a sound guy, and that a YouTube video needs as much color as possible. Felicia Day wall guy simple
