Confessions of a Habitual Liar: The Ashtray Voiceover Job

• 0:48Tim explains his philosophy on lying: practicing constantly for 10,000 hours to become skilled at it.
• 1:23In Ubers and cabs, he always invents a different job rather than admitting he's a comedian.
• 1:45Tim claims he'll make up being a doctor despite knowing nothing about medicine, just to test if he can convincingly discuss it.
• 2:01Lying without practice is like doing sit-ups once then taking your shirt off at the beach—everyone can tell you're unprepared.
• 2:33Social media has replaced the traditional rat—girlfriends' friends spotting you at bars have been replaced by Instagram and Facebook Messenger.
• 2:59He skipped an audition today because he wasn't quite sick enough, comparing actual illness thresholds to being unable to function.
• 3:39His last voiceover role was playing an ashtray that roasted smokers with shame-based insults.
• 4:00The ashtray voice-over was sponsored by the American Cancer Society as a shaming tactic against smokers on their breaks.
• 4:23Tim describes the peace smokers felt in those brief moments—the only quiet part of their day—before his voice attacked them from the ashtray.
• 4:45He ranks the ashtray job as one of the most disgusting things he's done for money, worse even than selling subprime mortgages or copiers to nuns.

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