I never had funny roommates really. I’ve always had a lot of guy friends, so I love the camaraderie between Jess and the guys. So it’s, I think, nice to have. I have a lot of girlfriends, too, but I think it’s important to have guy friends because it sort of provides a different perspective. I really like that relationship.
I was going to mention the same point that you just made about how the male-female relationships on the show are really great to watch because they’re really platonic and they seem to represent kind of a more modern understanding of relationships between men and women. But, I also like the emphasis on diversity that the show has. Could you speak a little bit to that because you guys clearly have different ethnicities playing in the show that it’s all very natural?
Yes. The thing is I know that was like one thing that was important to our exec producers and also to FOX that our show be diverse and that it’s not diverse in a way where we’re making a big deal out of the diversity. It’s just friends. I think to speak to what we were talking to before about the relationships between men and women; the diversity is also nobody makes a big deal out of. It’s just more of an intermingling; it’s just more modern relationships. You see more and more on TV this happening. I think it’s speaks to you more like a modern sensibility because that’s the way people are now.
There was an evolution of your character from the beginning of the first season to the end, where they kind of mellowed you out in terms, correct me if I’m wrong, but in terms of the quirkiness of the character. Was that something that you encouraged or is that something that was just a very natural evolution?
Well, this is a natural evolution, but it was two things. One, at the beginning of last year, I always said this, “She’s not going to always be in the same heightened state that she is in the pilot because in that situation she’s just gone through a crisis.” Now, if it were a movie, you might just see her in slice of her life. But, it’s a TV show so they stretch it out.
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I really like how she says that they always attempt to ground this show in reality, even when they get into the wacky sitcom stuff. That is the reason I love this show and think that it is so unique. I was talking to a coworker about the show, and she loves the male-female relations ships. I also think that they do a great job at capturing the modern acceptance and openness that these relationships have really well. I missed the last night's episodes because of my sister's dance recital, but I was able to catch it off of a recording. I can't wait to see what kinds of jobs they get Jess try out this season!