01:15 - she informs everyone she has depends in her bag.
01:50 - parenthood fans - She is grateful for the show fans, she felt guilty about the storyline. She shops at Ralphs, she is obsessed with pizza rolls.
04:03 - she doesn't want to play a cop or a lawyer because she will suck at it and cry all the time. She sucked when she played a lawyer
04:25 - (better off listening to this cos my summary won't do it justice)auditioning for parenthood. when she was told about the role, she was hesitant because didn't want to play a mom. She was a mum at 18. she was afraid of the role. She was the last to be cast and was told to bring a bag if she is cast, she get to stay she is, if not she was on a plane back home.
07:16 - Improv on the show - she didn't have any training, but she learnt quickly.
08:08 - acting training - She learned as she earned. She was lucky to be picked by good filmmakers. she learnt by watching people. Her mum was a cleaner, she grew up poor and after school her and her sisters would go to the mall her mum cleaned and do impressions while her mum worked.
09:47 - she used to over think her roles and it led to her being fired from The Young And The Restless.
10:28 - parenthood stage directions - There are none. She asks the writers to write less for her, she doesn't like to talk (bitch, don't lie - op). She goes off about chatterbox vs chatty catty.
11:49 - cast chemistry, did they have to do team building exercises? - They bonded from the start and it wasn't forced. She does an impression of the fakeness that goes on on some shows. and talks about how people are forced friends (compares it to summer camp) and then don't talk to each other after the show ends, but that doesn't happen on parenthood.
12:49 - she likes eating in the background in family scenes.
13:13 - calling all the kids on the show buddy - She started it...she has no idea...it just comes out.
13:54 - evolution of Kristina - Kristina bugged her the first two seasons and she wanted to slap her. She gave Kristina a back-story because we have never seen her family . Last season chipped away at Kristina's type A personality. "Who the hell goes to Bob Little and Amber's hotel room?" She didn't want to do it. She hopes the next season is more of a celebration for Kristina.
16:19 - smoking pot - she is not a big pot smoker even though her last name is Potter. "Some jackass" wrote an article called Smoking Potter....he didn't like her very much.
17:42 - origin of the breast cancer story line - Trips to the boob manager, story we have all heard before about emailing Jason, she was worried about losing her job. Jason's wife going through cancer.
20:63 - playing a real sickness vs fake sickness - James Lipton jokes. She made a point to not know anything. She learnt about cancer as Kristina learnt. Her real life husband is a cancer doctor.
22:38 - preparing - Peter and Dax make fun of her and her way of learning lines. She has all sorts of highlighters and notes. Her pages look like rainbow brite. This year she only used one highlighter and it still had ink in it, she was really proud of herself.
24:24 - crying - Her sons give her hell for crying...swearing is involved. Her son thinks her crying is BS. She is not a big cryer in real life, she tells him to relax because it pays the bills. It takes a toll and she gets headaches at times. She got depressed at the end of the season and went to see a doctor. She was really down and weird and found it hard to turn it off.
27:16 - crying process - She used to get amped up to cry, but she felt the more she did that more crappy her acting was. She has learnt to be relaxed about it and accept when she doesn't get there. The therapist she saw at the end of last season taught her a crying technique which requires her to breath in the shape of a box...(I don't get it - op)
28:34 - is life after parenthood difficult? - She is anxious about working on word perfect shows like Newsroom. She is not sure she can act in shows like Newsroom and Boston Legal (again).
30:07 - she wants to do parenthood forever and when it ends she will do it on hollywood Boulevard with Elmo and cookie monster.
30:40 - what roles is she attracted to? - She prays about it. Every thing in her career happens and it should. She feels like she is starting all over again after taking a 4 year break due to her father's death. If she says no to a role it means there is something in it unless it is a lawyer or a cop.
32:07 - film or tv? - Can't remember if her last movie was Saw or Last House On The Left, says they are the same thing (lol - op). Whatever the medium is she is happy to do it, but it is slim pickings for movies and no one is knocking on her door.
33:40 - advice for women - maintain your sense of self. It's hard and she doesn't have anything uplifting to say.
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She is funny, and a bit spacey the 35 minutes will fly by. I know some people consider cancer storylines to be awards show bait, but I think voters and viewers can see through it by now. The buzz is well deserved for her and the show. Just wish the same had happened for Erica, she was amazing in season 3.