"If I could live a parallel life, I would be a sitcom star, being in front of a live audience would be great"
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The specific intent feels less like career envy and more like a nostalgic bid for an older, sturdier form of stardom. Sitcoms, especially the multi-cam kind Wolf is gesturing toward, are built on rhythm, repetition, and a kind of communal ritual. You show up, you hit marks, you hold for laughter, you do it again. That cadence offers a stability that modern acting rarely does, with its fragmented shoots, green screens, and performances assembled in editing bays.
The subtext is about control and connection. "Parallel life" is a safe way to confess a craving: to be liked in public, not just "respected" in the abstract. For an actor who came up in the era of appointment TV, the live audience also symbolizes a vanished intimacy between performer and viewer - a cultural moment when fame felt local, weekly, shared. Wolf's fantasy isn't escapism; it's a vote for immediacy in an industry increasingly designed to keep everyone, including actors, alone.
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