A biography for Simon Helberghasn’t been written yet.
“As a piano player, if 10 is concert level, I'd put myself at a 5 or a 6, but in a completely different genre than classical or opera. In terms of classical and opera, playing accompaniment, I'd say I was a 3.”
“I am fairly physically aware and agile, and I imbue that into the characters I play.”
“I love Jerry Lewis. I loved Jim Carrey when I was younger, and Mike Myers and Phil Hartman, all the 'Saturday Night Live' people in the late '80s.”
“Well, I think that everybody is kind of a nerd at heart.”
“I certainly think, obviously, rhythm is a huge part of being an actor. It just is unconscious, to a degree, but particularly in comedy, rhythm is pretty essential, and there's probably something more physiological going on.”
“Until I was about 16 years old, my dream was to be a musician. I played in rock bands and jazz bands. Then I decided to be an actor and kept the stable career of 'jazz pianist' as my safety net.”
“I'm obviously more known for being on television, and that's where most people see me.”
“My whole life revolved around TV as a kid. I would come home and make sure I finished my homework every night by 8 o'clock, generally so that I could sit down and watch TV from 8 to 10. As a kid, it was 'Family Ties' and 'Roseanne' and 'Growing Pains' and 'Perfect Strangers' and 'Golden Girls.' I mean, I watched everything.”
“I don't believe I'll be in the new 'Arrested Development' unless they ask me, in which case, okay! That's how easy I am to get.”
“It's not the coolest thing in the world to be walking around humming the Taylor Swift song. It's not as cool to be singing along with the number one song in the country as it is to be the jaded, indifferent hipster who wants to turn you on to something that nobody else is talking about.”
“Working is a bonus; working on something you love is a bonus, and getting to do it for a long time is the ultimate.”
“Working with the Coens was a dream come true.”
“I really like 'Project Runway.' I know it's reality, so that might be kind of faux pas for me to say.”
“Surprise is a huge element in acting.”
“We all have those dreams of going back in time and seeing what it was like when our parents were younger.”
“I enjoy spending my spare time with my wife, our cat, and our bird.”
“Personally, I'm not into 'Star Trek' or physics or comic books, but I know I might be in the minority.”
“There are those moments where you realize that your parents or your heroes are human and are fallible.”
“We're going to do a natural birth. At first she was like, 'We should do it at home,' and I said, 'Look, either way, when you go into labor, I will be checking into a hospital... so if you want to come along, come along.”
“Getting to know where we come from is a really profound way of getting to look at who we are.”