I don't come from a Hollywood family. I don't have Hollywood friends. I didn't have any connections.
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.
My dad is a mathematician; I think we both have that problem-solving, looking-for-patterns way of thinking.
What's fun now is that I have a show at USA that I co-wrote called 'Benched.' I'm completely behind the scenes and not the actor at all.
You know how when you're alone with your cat, your cat is kind of silly and goofy and kind of crazy? And as soon as people come over, your cat is like someone you've never met before? You know, poised. That's sort of what it's like working with Jennifer Lopez.
When I got 'Trophy Wife', the first fear is, 'This could go away;' the second is, 'It's here and I love it; I hope it gets a second season.'
As far as celebrity, people don't stop me on the street and know who I am. It's more like, 'Doesn't she remind you of so-and-so's ex-girlfriend?' It's always somebody's ex-girlfriend. Somebody ex-girlfriend who's 'crazy.'
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.
Maybe women get to a certain age and they no longer have a filter; they're considered crazy people or something.
I have this weird optimism that when things are not good - like, really, genuinely not good - that we shall persevere.