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I would do a movie musical.

The main thing I got from growing up in a suburb is the boredom you have as a child.

It's nice when you get to leave and travel and be busy and then come home.

We're not going to dumb down for them. They have to move up. They're the network and we're the show.

Kids can be harsh, especially when they get jealous.

I feel very lucky.

You get a kind of familiarity on a set when you're on a TV show.

Mitch Hurwitz was like a father figure to me. He was so sweet, and he's just so smart.

I'm not a huge TV person, but when I do watch, it's always after the fact because I like to binge watch.

In my opinion FOX is known for being a network that just advertises, and that's pretty much how they get their viewers.

I guess I've always been drawn to roles that have smart characters commenting on what's happening around them.

Right when I turned 18, I moved to New York, originally for school, and then dropped out and just lived in New York.

Yeah, I've worked with a couple of female directors, now, and I think that they're amazing. As good or better than guy directors.

As an actor you want to just like, act as much as possible.

It would be great to do theater one day, but I don't think I'd do a musical.

American shows can go on for 20 years. I respond more to the British format. Three seasons is a long run for them to tell a story.

But I love singing, and I've been singing backup for friends' bands.

I think for a girl to be strong, it doesn't have to involve being physically strong.

I was born and grew up in Palm Springs. It's a great place to grow up, a real small town.

I go into work and get my hair and makeup done, go into wardrobe. I have to do three hours of school a day.

When I get a new script my mom will read them and just be aghast. I think it's hysterical.

As an actress, you never know when you're going to work again - and there's so much dependency on working.

On American TV, there just aren't a lot of female leads in comedy, especially at the peak of all the Judd Apatow stuff.

I don't think it's good to say that you won't do certain things, but I don't necessarily have the natural urge to write.

I'm not at the place in my career necessarily where I'm like offered every role.

The words are ludicrous at times, but you add the reality to it and that gives it the balance it has.

I was a late bloomer.