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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 don't think Hollywood respects multi-camera television. Well, I don't think they disrespect it, but I don't think it gets respect for its artistry. "

Simon Helberg

Think

Television

Respect

" I walked into the wrong examination room. I'm bad enough at facial recognition... I saw more that day than I cared to. Fortunately, I didn't recognize her from that angle, whoever it was, and I didn't ask. I'm off to a rocky start on the road to fatherhood, but I got a free view. "

" I've learned over time that human beings tend to want to do more than they have the courage to do or that the social contract will allow them to do. "

" Well, I think that everybody is kind of a nerd at heart. "

" 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. "

" My dad was one of the original members of the Groundlings, and I watched him as an actor have ups and downs, and I watched my mom as a casting director have ups and downs. "

" I'm happy to try on as many characters as I can. "

" Stephen Frears is brilliant and has made movies that inspired me for my whole life. "

Simon Helberg

Movies

Life

" I would say Mick Jagger plus Mr. Furley equals Howard Wolowitz. "

Simon Helberg

Mick Jagger

Say

" When I was young, I believe I met Nicolas Cage. I think I was probably eight, and I remember seeing him at somebody's house - it was an event, and he happened to be there. "

" I enjoy spending my spare time with my wife, our cat, and our bird. "

" I play piano, and I was really, really obsessive about playing piano in high school. I don't know if that's nerdy, but I definitely locked myself in the room and was playing jazz. I was 14. I guess that's kind of cool, actually. "

" I am fairly physically aware and agile, and I imbue that into the characters I play. "

" My parents tried to convince me that school won't always be there, but auditions will. I said, 'Really? Are they tearing down NYU?' "

Simon Helberg

Always

Parents

" As actors, we tend to usually have some issues with self-esteem and some need for validation, and it takes awhile for that fear of not having a job to go away. "

" I love Jerry Lewis. I loved Jim Carrey when I was younger, and Mike Myers and Phil Hartman, all the 'Saturday Night Live' people in the late '80s. "

" In America, the first thing people say is, 'What do you do?' "

" I own a fart CD. It has, I believe, over 100 fart sounds. A lovely variety, from the up-close and personal to the more experimental and dissonant. Some people prefer to listen to Bach when they go to sleep... not me. "

" I might love dancing more than I should admit. But not in public. "

" I generally don't feel the need to do more research than is necessary to play the part for me, to inform me. "

Simon Helberg

Feel

" There's something very funny about giving a menial task to a genius and watching him find so much complexity and overanalyse it to such a degree that the waitress from Nebraska working at the Cheesecake Factory has passed them all by. "

" I do have sometimes a difficult time watching myself. "

" I'm obviously more known for being on television, and that's where most people see me. "

Simon Helberg

Television

" Working is a bonus; working on something you love is a bonus, and getting to do it for a long time is the ultimate. "

" As a piano player, if 10 is concert level, I'd put myself at a 5 or a 6, but in a completely different genre than classical or opera. In terms of classical and opera, playing accompaniment, I'd say I was a 3. "

" I don't believe I'll be in the new 'Arrested Development' unless they ask me, in which case, okay! That's how easy I am to get. "

Simon Helberg

Easy

Believe

" I'm interested in character and people and motivations and things like that. "

Simon Helberg

Character

People

" There are those moments where you realize that your parents or your heroes are human and are fallible. "

" I certainly think, obviously, rhythm is a huge part of being an actor. It just is unconscious, to a degree, but particularly in comedy, rhythm is pretty essential, and there's probably something more physiological going on. "

Simon Helberg

Think

Rhythm

" I try to act with my whole body and, for better or worse, this is the face that's attached to it. "