Chapter 1: An Actor Avoids
- Episode aired Nov 16, 2018
- TV-MA
- 34m
As Sandy gets to know a new student better, he puts off visiting an old friend who wants to see him. Norman copes with a difficult issue at home.As Sandy gets to know a new student better, he puts off visiting an old friend who wants to see him. Norman copes with a difficult issue at home.As Sandy gets to know a new student better, he puts off visiting an old friend who wants to see him. Norman copes with a difficult issue at home.
- Car GPS
- (voice)
- Sandy's Student
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen discussing sitcom work with Norman, Sandy says, "Those little pischers on the 'Big Bang' thing are making a million bucks a week." "Kominsky Method" creator Chuck Lorre is also a co-creator of "The Big Bang Theory."
- GoofsRight after Alex brings Komisky his drinks in the restaurant, the camera switches angles a few times and in each shot, Norman's martini glass switches back and forth between the table and his hand.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Sandy Kominsky: [in front of his class] Before we start, uh, tonight's scene work, I just want to take a moment to talk about our craft. "Acting." So what is acting? I mean, when an actor acts, what is he or she... or they actually doing? Well, on one level, the answer is simple. They're making believe. They are pretending. But on a on a much deeper level, we need to ask ourselves what is really happening? Well, you need to ask me. I think I'm the only one here who doesn't have a roommate.
[all chuckling]
Sandy Kominsky: What's really happening - and I want you to listen carefully - what's really happening is that the actor is playing God. Because, after all, what does God do? God creates. God says "Here is a world," and bam! That world exists. God says, "Here's life," and bam again! Life happens. God says, "Here's death," and boom! Darkness. The darkness returns.
Sandy Kominsky: So what does this mean to us? How do we take this information and bring it into our work? The answer, my dear colleagues, is that, like God, we must love our creations. We must imbue them with life, with character, with hope and dreams and fatal flaws, and then... then we must let them go. Because in the end, true love God's love, is letting go.
Sandy's student: Yeah, uh, Sandy? Uh, I have an audition tomorrow for a shampoo commercial. How do I love that?
Sandy Kominsky: Wash your hair before you go.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards (2019)
- Hitchcoc
- Jan 2, 2019
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- 6365 Selma Ave, Los Angeles, California, USA(The Sandy Kominsky Studio of Acting, exterior)
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