In other words, wanting to be the center of attention was Perfetti’s medium of choice.
“I wanted to entertain people.
I was fascinated by people.”
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It was a turning point that he describes as being cosmic, or perhaps even karmic, looking back.
The process of learning was difficult, and he struggled with retaining things he needed to understand.
“School, for me, was a runway.
A workplace comedy centered around a group of dedicated teachers - and an oblivious principal - in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life.
It was a stage.
It was a social setting, and I gave a lot of teachers hell,” he admits.
It was just about finding the key."
“You really cannot hide from the camera.
The camera picks up everything; it really knows your essence and your soul.”
“I knew reading it that there was an abandon in her comedy.
Long production days are also easier to adjust to, as it turns out.
Rhythmically, that helps.”
“We’re gonna lose the unmitigated genius of Larry Owens.
Are we sure we want to do that?”
The person that trust initially lay with?
“I trusted the way that Quinta wrote, and that she wanted me to do it.”
It’s their job to make it funny, and it’s my job to make it truthful."
“Don’t hate me, but…
I knew from the jump.
I knew reading [Quinta’s] script.”
“Every day that I have had this job has been a new pinch-me moment.
I’m leaving tomorrow togo be onJimmy Kimmel.
I can’t believe that I am uttering that phrase.”
Simultaneously, though, he doesn’t want the phenomenon ofAbbottto become his new normal.
What’s Next for Chris Perfetti?
That’s a new thing that I’m contending with."
“I am learning, more and more, how to do it for me.”
