I visually effected the hell out of that movie

I should win Best Actor this year. I don't know who is nominated, but I feel confident that my portrayal of a competent visual effects supervisor was the performance of the year.

At the very least, being asked to act as VFX sup on The Ultimate Gift kept the streak alive. The streak of professional situations where I'm terribly under-qualified and must pretend I actually know what I'm doing.

It's not easy, but I'm getting pretty good at it. My technique is to act like I'm too busy being smart to stop and explain the nonsense that just came out of my mouth. Also, when on set, I carry measuring tape and measure every damn thing I can find. Lens to X, X to Y, Y to lens. I perfected this technique while in Spain shooting an Exxon commercial. I knew even less back then, so that's a pretty good story. When I run out of things to measure, I walk up to the DP and ask him to verify his light setup, lens and focal distance and then pretend to understand his response.

Bam. Visual effects supervisor. Played by a designer.

I'm sure I'd have to dig a little deeper to get away with this tomfoolery on the set of Star Wars, but it was enough for our little film.