Kumail Nanjiani

That was like, I was in like film school.

I was in acting school for four months with the best actors in the universe, you know?

And actively being aware of how much I was learning from them.

So I am in the sweet spot because I do feel confident, but I still feel like I have like oceans to learn in this regard.

Yeah, and I really, really am.

I value it genuinely very much, and I love it very much.

To me, whenever people ask me how I choose acting roles, I want it to be like 10% to 20% outside of what I know.

So I remember reading...

all the scripts for Chippendales and being like, I don't know how to do this scene right now.

It's a big swing.

Oh, it's just so different.

It's so different.

And I love doing that.

I did a part in Poker Face last year that was also like I played like a Florida panhandle cop.

so different from me, but I learned the accent and I did it all.

And that was really, really thrilling to do.

With acting for me, it's like, how many things can I find that I can hold on to as the character that helped me?

And with Steve and Chippendales, there's always an image that helps me.

And it takes months to get to the point.

With Chippendales, I knew I had four months to prepare.