I used to believe that in a drama serial shown on TV, the actors and actresses are acting in real time and that having advertisments in between the show give them time for a break before they continue acting in front of us.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I used to think that every time a show came on tv, that the actors were inside my tv acting out the show.Anon
- I used to think that at the movie theatres, the actors were just acting behind the screen. — Srushti
- I used to believe that the actors in movies were all acting live behind those big curtains in the cinema.— Courtney
- I used to believe if I fed my cat dog food that he would turn into a dog or start acting like one— Clodagh
- I used to believe that when I went to movies people were behind the screen acting out the part — Amy
- I used to believe people really died in movies. I didnt understand they were just acting.— Justin