He was honest about how discouraging that was. So Helberg worked at a restaurant and went on “1,000 auditions.” Painfully, neither job materialized, although Judd Apatow, the writer-director of one of the projects, did write a small role for him in a film. The truth of his dropping out of college, he said, was that he was so sure he was going to book one of two high-profile auditions (“they’ll fight over me,” he fantasized) that he secured an agent and left school. His stern drama instructor there who brooked no comedy was suddenly replaced by Bridel, an internationally known expert on clowning, who taught the class “pratfalls and lazzis.” Helberg’s response, he joked, was to say to himself, “There’s a clown college? Why am I at NYU?” and immediately quit school. (USC Photo/Gus Ruelas)Īs the program began, the 35-year-old actor recalled that he had met Bridel when Helberg was a college student in New York. ![]() He plays the role of a bumbling FBI agent.Students enjoyed a Q&A with Simon Helberg at the USC School of Dramatic Arts. Ultimately, if I can do enough of these things, maybe even the people that do watch our show can start to realize that we’re capable of accessing different parts of ourselves"Īpart from his role in Annette and becoming a French citizen, Simon also had a guest appearance on one episode of the Peacock mystery series, "Poker Face". "Said Helberg regarding Carax having never seen TBBT," Maybe I’ll just keep finding people who don’t watch television and want to hire me. "And I think that sometimes it’s the reason I get to do these jobs." It was easy, piece of cake."Ĭarax has never seen TBBT, and Simon surprisingly appreciates that, and hopes to work with more people who know him outside his role as Howard Stern. And the irony is at the very end, they're like, 'Oh, we actually didn't need you to become a citizen because now we have Marion.' I was like, 'Oh, that's fine. "I knew I would do anything I could to work with Carax. ![]() I thought, "Why are they doing this again?" There was a new character, and it was great, but I was on Studio 60 and my agents had to talk me into going. I read Big Bang the year before - they shot it twice - and read it the first year. I was working with a great group of people and loved this pilot. "I remember almost not going in because I was working on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and it was the beginning of pilot season. He had to be convinced by his agents to go audition for the role. ![]() In addition to a sense of uncertainty about the role, Simon also initially felt uncertain about taking the role of Howard. I mean, at this point I’m aware that – well, now we’re probably almost done." I’m just settling in, and we’re in Season 10. We’ll be here for a while.’ It takes a long time to feel comfortable. I was like, ‘I can put a nail into this puppy. "Well, finally in season seven I hung a picture on my dressing room wall. ![]() There's a certain level of instability that comes with working on a TV series, and there's always a risk of cancelation. Despite his warm feelings about the show now, it took him a while to accept The Big Bang Theory's permanence.
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