[ he lifts slender shoulders in a barely-noticeable shrug. ]

I've played stranger parts.

[ there's a discontinuity between the face in front of him and the one that pops up on tv now and again after his show airs--but it's something that he knows better than to comment on.

(of course, it's negligible compared to the difference between his own public and private personas--something he's maintaining out of habit judging by his relative nonchalance) ]

...But we really can't get out?

[ (ignore the way his voice quavers ever so slightly) ]