I'm definitely an observer of human behavior. I always have been.

I say yes to everything if I like the overall thing that's being put out there. I'll do anything with David Wain.

I made a pact with myself when I was 12 that I would only work with people who make me happy. I choose happy.

The wardrobe department isn't a bunch of elves there to serve you; they're artists with vision. Honor them.

Everyone's job is invaluable. Film and TV production is collaboration.

My rule of thumb is to always do what's on the page first. Then you can talk to your director about playing with it. Improv frees me up in a character, but I would be mortified if the writers who agonized over their words assumed I thought my improv was more valuable.

As much as I would have loved to look like Jennifer Aniston in 'Friends,' that didn't happen. And I really tried! I hit that gym! I got a flatiron. But it didn't happen.

When you're casting a show, you have your idea of who you want it to be, and of course, those are going to be very well-known names.

I know friends who have this sort of incredibly intimate relationship with their sibling. And I don't get it: it wasn't like that in my family. In some ways, I'm envious, because they have someone that's so completely in their corner. And at the same time, I imagine it may at times feel like it's stunting.

I went on a road trip and ended up in Portland, Oregon, and from there, I did non-stop theater. I had just graduated, and I had all these ideas about what good acting was, but I hadn't put any of it into action. I spent five years honing my acting chops. And then I had this epiphany one day that I need to go to L.A.; I need to be on a sitcom.