Entertainment Weekly Interview By Lynette Rice Entertainment Weekly Entertainment Weekly: Are you a math nerd at heart? David Krumholtz: I almost got left back in high school because of math. I failed algebra two times. I was the cantankerous kid in back of class protesting "You never use math in real life!" Now, I'm totally screwed. EW: But you have a chance to make brains sexy. DK: I guess so. Hey, if I can do it, i'm sure they'd be happy with that. EW: Are you already replacing the letter E with the number 3? DK: Isn't that annoying? I think it should be the mathematical symbol for sigma, which looks like an E. I've been fighting that for weeks. EW: Care to compute this show's chances for continued success? DK: There's something called Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, which states [in part] that active observation will ultimately affect that which is being observed. It's uncertain how this show will change TV. But the first person to recognize me off it was a grandmother who told me she showed NUMB3RS to her grandson so he would take an interest in math. That's the good soul behind our show. // go back //