Acting and Lying

Gina Wilhelm Actress - Acting and Lying

Kelli Williams says that acting is lying. She's lying to play a character. In addition, her character is trying to discover when other characters on her show, "Lie to Me," are fibbing.

On the program, she and Tim Roth try to find liars by detecting body language, facial expressions, and voice changes.

The series is based on the work of Paul Ekman, who wrote a book on the subject after years of studying lie detection.

The show starts by establishing who is telling the truth and who is lying. After that, the characters determine what lie is being told.

Williams admits that she takes her work home with her: She's been using the lie detection techniques from the show on her kids.

Gina Wilhelm Actress