You don’t need millions of dollars or millions of people if you’re doing what you love.
Just because you have star power and a huge marketing budget, you can see from some professional web series, it doesn’t equal 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.
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.
TV and comics and movies are what you think about when you think about geek, but people can be a geek about anything.
I was a child of a tech family. My grandfather was a nuclear physicist and was always a gadget guy.
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.
You never know how people are gonna receive you and especially a character that’s so close to the fans in type.
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.
Basically, my socialization as a child didn’t come from any schooling; it came from being in theater and meeting people online.
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 it’s really good to create pockets and events throughout the year that highlight certain things that are really popular on YouTube.
I still do commercial work as an actor, which I love, because it’s very quick, and it definitely pays my bills.
I’m not a very vengeful person. I like to accept people; I tend to see the good in everybody, so I’m kind of stupid like that.
I’m a big champion of people doing things outside the system.
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. Doing voice work is also great because you don’t have to get your hair done, which I despise.
I’d been on ‘Buffy’ – that is an amazing community, the Joss Whedon fans.
My favorite ‘Mister Rogers’ episodes were always the ones where Mr. Rogers would go into the community.
I do not sleep, but it’s totally fine, because I love what I do.
I love sitcoms, and I grew up on sitcoms. That’s my tasty junk food.