Why do actors not want production to yell cut when they are laughing/fumbling their lines?

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When I watch blooper reels of TV shows, if an actor keeps dropping a prop or messing up a line, and is laughing, they all say something to the effect: “Don’t cut!! Keep rolling!! Don’t cut!! I’ll get it right.” Why do they care so much about this? I can only assume it adds a lot more time to their day if they keep having to “cut” and restart…. But why?

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When you’re doing voiceovers and flub a line, you don’t stop. You just say “pickup” to alert the sound engineers and continue.

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