O ator que interpretou Cypher, Joey Pantoliano falou sobre a referência a ser feito "ator" depois de ser devolvido ao Matrix. Ele afirma explicitamente na entrevista abaixo que os Wachowskis escreveram essa linha para refletir sua própria vida e que o ator ao qual eles estão se referindo é, na verdade, ele mesmo .
But the truth is that he’s got such a seductive choice. He says that he doesn’t want to remember anything. “I don’t want to remember anything,” he says. “I want to come back as somebody famous…like an actor.” An actor is the most benign thing — it is the biggest joke in the world. When the Wachowski’s were writing that line, they were talking about Joey Pantoliano because they knew me so well and they knew that I’ve led a blissful existence. I’ve been so fuckin’ lucky.