I do feel there is a certain amount of distance and apathy that's created when you feel like there's a distance between you and the other people. So it's very easy to... when you have an app that sets it up where you very clearly swipe somebody's face off of your screen because you don't like the way they look, you're asking people to not appeal to their best selves. You're asking people to be brutal.
Rashida JonesComedy is like music, and the way to make the best music is to have skilled musicians in your band.
Rashida JonesI think I'm a natural appreciator of comedy. I was definitely not the girl in junior high that all the guys wanted to date. They wanted to date my friends - which was great, because I had to be funny.
Rashida JonesI don't want to be an artist, go on tour and make a video and wear sexy clothes. I would just love to make music.
Rashida JonesI hate to be a broken record - my parents have a lot to do with that too, because that's how they live their lives.
Rashida JonesWith any television series - and it's something that is taken for granted with movies because you have the whole arc within two hours - you establish who the character is and it's a two-dimensional version, or if you're lucky, a two and a half-dimensional character. Once you establish that, you can move forward and break all the rules. Once the audience has accepted who the person is, then you can do the exact opposite. What makes it funny and interesting is doing the opposite.
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