Sarah Shahi

Like, I had my own chair next to him at Video Village, where the monitors are set up and the director and writer and everything, they watch what's happening.

They watch the cameras.

I had my own chair next to him every day for two weeks.

Like, they'd be like, Sarah, your chair is next to Bobby.

Like, we buddied up.

I couldn't believe it.

Like, 19-year-old me and this, like, 70-year-old man were like this.

kindred spirits for the two weeks he was there.

And we would talk about everything but acting.

Like he was so interested in my path at school.

He was so interested about my life.

Like, you know, my mom, you know, I'm of, you know, Persian descent.

So he had so many questions about that and what growing up in Texas was like.

And he had a nephew at MIT and we were talking about his nephew.

And finally it was like his

fourth or fifth to last date there.

He was like, what is it you want to do?

I said, well, I want to be an actress.

I just don't know how to do it out here.

And he goes, you know, I think you have something.