"They sent me some tapes of the original Mole and I thought it was pretty intriguing. I'm sort of an experimenter; I thought it'd be interesting to play around and see what's there. It was fun. Turned out to be good"
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The subtext is about risk management. Reality TV and rebooted formats (which The Mole embodies) can feel like a gamble for performers with established careers: participate and you’re “game,” but you also risk being seen as chasing relevance. Bernsen navigates that by positioning the choice as playful research. “Play around and see what’s there” turns potential career calculation into a creative impulse. It’s also a subtle defense of entertainment as tinkering. He’s not claiming auteur status; he’s claiming professional curiosity.
That final beat, “It was fun. Turned out to be good,” is doing more than summarizing. It’s a shrug that doubles as validation: enjoyment is the metric, and success is presented as a pleasant byproduct, not the objective. In an era where every project gets sold as “groundbreaking,” the appeal is the opposite: a veteran saying the quiet part out loud - sometimes you try a thing, it works, and that’s enough.
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Bernsen, Corbin. (2026, January 15). They sent me some tapes of the original Mole and I thought it was pretty intriguing. I'm sort of an experimenter; I thought it'd be interesting to play around and see what's there. It was fun. Turned out to be good. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/they-sent-me-some-tapes-of-the-original-mole-and-141959/
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Bernsen, Corbin. "They sent me some tapes of the original Mole and I thought it was pretty intriguing. I'm sort of an experimenter; I thought it'd be interesting to play around and see what's there. It was fun. Turned out to be good." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/they-sent-me-some-tapes-of-the-original-mole-and-141959/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"They sent me some tapes of the original Mole and I thought it was pretty intriguing. I'm sort of an experimenter; I thought it'd be interesting to play around and see what's there. It was fun. Turned out to be good." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/they-sent-me-some-tapes-of-the-original-mole-and-141959/. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.



