Vanessa Bayer

OF ‘I LOVE THAT FOR YOU’ ON SHOWTIME

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.