American - Actor | December 9, 1980 -
Until I was about 16 years old, my dream was to be a musician. I played in rock bands and jazz bands. Then I decided to be an actor and kept the stable career of 'jazz pianist' as my safety net.
Simon Helberg
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I try to act with my whole body and, for better or worse, this is the face that's attached to it.
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Playing piano well is one thing, but attempting to play at concert level accompanying Meryl Streep while Stephen Frears is filming you in front of hundreds of people is - well - psychotic.
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I might love dancing more than I should admit. But not in public.
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I'm deeply insecure. I ask my wife all the time, 'Was that OK? Are people lying?' I'm not as happily oblivious as I'd like.
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In America, the first thing people say is, 'What do you do?'
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Stephen Frears is brilliant and has made movies that inspired me for my whole life.
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Surprise is a huge element in acting.
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I'm happy to try on as many characters as I can.
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I watched a lot of 'I Love Lucy.' Then I went to college, and I didn't watch TV, really. I don't know: something happened after 'Friends' went off the air. I think something dipped in the whole sitcom world.
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I'd say I'm really, really good for a 16-year-old, which is where I peaked. I'm impressive, but not classically trained, not a concert pianist.
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I think in terms of a career trajectory, it's good for people to be reminded that, in spite of seeing me a million times a day on a show for ten years playing the same character, I'm an actor, and actors like to play different people.
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