Jeremy Sisto talks about his reaction to the surprising success of his mini-series "Jesus." Entertainment Tonight - May 16, 2000 The idea of so many people watching at that very moment, I thought it would stress me out, but I turned on the TV anyway. -- Jeremy Sisto (talking about watching himself play 'Jesus') Entertainment Tonight: This has got to be a great day for you? Jeremy Sisto: It has been a great day. It has been a curiously great day because the film did well. ET: Did you have an expectation going in that like "Who Wants to be a Millionaire," it could be a real phenomenon? Jeremy: I suppose we did. I really wasn't sure. Back at the end of last year, they flew us to Italy, where they were premiering "Jesus." We met the Pope and there was this whole event. It did really well over there at that time and, because of the success of it, there was some hype about it. I knew CBS was excited. You're never quite sure how movies are going to go with the press. Then the reviews started coming out and they were really quite positive. I had a feeling it was going to do well. I wasn't sure, though. I don't really know how they find out who is watching. For some reason though, they have the numbers and they said a lot of people were watching. ET: Where were you last night? Did you watch the show? Jeremy: I wasn't planning on watching. There could have been a moment that I didn't like or something that was scary to see. The idea of so many people watching at that very moment, I thought it would stress me out, but I turned on the TV anyway. What are you going to do, you only have so much self-will. So, I watched it with my family. It was on Mother's Day. I took my mother out to dinner and then we came back to my house and watched it. ET: What was your mother's reaction? Jeremy: Well,she had seen it before, but she cried. She cried a lot. Tears of joy mostly, but a lot of crying, so there were tissues. She felt very bad when Joseph died. ET: What was your first reaction when you saw it? I mean, obviously last night wasn't your first time. When you first saw it, did you blow you away? Jeremy: The first time I saw it I thought, "I speak Italian very well." I was dubbed in Italian, so that was weird. But the first time I saw it, I was very excited. It had been some time since I filmed it. I was unsure if some things would come across. There have been different cuts and different European versions. I had seen different things in looping and audio sessions, so I wasn't quite sure which direction it was going sometimes. The first time I saw it, it was just weird to see myself playing the role.