Simon Helberg

[piano music] If I had to sort of sum up feeling or the, the most simple way that I can think of acting is, and I, I sometimes just say this to myself, expect an effect.

In the scene and in your life, it's not always conscious, but, like, you are always expecting something-

Yes

... from somebody.

And I don't mean, like, kinda wanting something or-

Yeah

...

I mean expecting that, whether it's a reaction or...

And, and then the effect part of that is, like, the actual for real belief and actual understanding that in a scene you can affect somebody.

Not, not like as a character.

Again, not this idea of, like, a-

Mm

... as, like, literally if I expect that you're going to do such a thing to, that I need this thing from you, I can affect you.

Mm-hmm.

I, you.

Like me sitting-

Right

... across from you.

Right.

I can actually do...

Meaning maybe I have to, like, clap to get you to wake the fuck up or-

Right, right

... and that is good.

To, if you, 'cause i- 'cause if you actually know what that is, if you're on that track by, by actually knowing what it is that you're expecting from this person, then you're sort of understanding how close or far away am I from my goal.

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