Vanessa Bayer OF ‘I LOVE THAT FOR YOU’

Can you talk about the performance technique of home shopping hosts as an actor? Because they suck you in and they keep you there for the longest period of time. How do they do that? Is it fear of missing out? What is the goal?

I think they genuinely enjoy doing it. I think that is the goal. I had looked at some of the

backgrounds a little while back of a lot of the hosts, and a lot of them were in broadcast journalism and stuff. So a lot of them had done those kinds of jobs beforehand.

But truly, I think that part of the reason that we’re so drawn to watching them is because ... while they’re selling things to you, they’re so conversational that it really does makes you feel like you’re watching a friend who’s just kind of talking to you. And I think a lot of people, you know, keep it on their TV; sleep with it on. I mean, it’s just there’s this incredible power for them to speak through the TV and make you feel like you’re just hanging out with them. Have you bought a lot of junk?

Sometimes, you do buy stuff you don’t need. I will say they have a lot of really great brands . ... If you watch it all the time, you end up buying a ton of stuff you don’t need because they make it seem so great. And, you know, they say you can wear this to your daughter’s graduation (and) you know, I don’t have a daughter and she certainly doesn’t have a graduation, but I’m like, “Yeah, I could wear this to my daughter’s graduation,” you know what I mean? (Laughs.) ... They just make you feel, like, “Yeah, that is what I need. I do need that for that.” (laughs)