I’m your nerd host, Chris Hardwick
Nerdist is a place where we nerds come together and share the nerdery that we find. It's also my home to various elements of the Nerdist Empire. You might recognize me from TV. You don't realize that's where you know me from, but it is. You think you went to college with me or I look like your cousin's friend, but that is not the case. At one time or another you stumbled upon me on your moving picture box in such cerebral gems as MTV's "Singled Out" and Noam Chomsky's "Shipmates." and so much more...
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I like Anne Hathaway better after that anecdote…even if actors might want to get over themselves (and Their Process) on balance, no one needs to get over her or himself more than Winfrey. Not a single person in the world (if we count Trump and Limbaugh as people, rather than as performance art).
(Which is to say, Every artist, including writers, painters, musicians, et al. have process or processes…but in my experience, actors are the only ones, and not all of them certainly, who regularly choose to be aggressively secretive about their Process. Well, some cooks, too.)
Meme comes from the word gene. It’s an idea that gets passed from one person to another, sorta like genes get passed from one person to their offspring.