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Comic distractions for a Thursday morning
  Posted: April 10, 2008
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Those who haven't watched the Ricky Gervais BBC/HBO series ''Extras'' missed a brilliantly self-mocking comedic turn by Sir Ian McKellen, describing the secrets to his acting technique: ''What I do is pretend to be the person I am portraying in the film or play.''

Idiotic and compelling all at once. (Full episode info here.)