Going back is a nice way to give definition to each of the characters because they are so vastly different. I would never want them to get blended together.

Just to be on set with Amy Poehler, who's one of my heroes, was a total dream come true.

Auditions are not a natural environment, and you feel judged, even though everyone is just excited to find the right person.

I love nerdy work. I love writing notes. I try to go back, as much as I can, to feed what happens and why they do what they do.

Those darker sides, the things that we don't want to admit about ourselves - that's what excites me.

The most bizarre demographics come up to me. Men in their 50s come up to me and are like, "Alison is my favorite. I hated her at first, and now I love her." I don't know what that says about people's psychology.

I'll never, never understand why people think it's their business to comment on other people's bodies. I go to a spa in LA sometimes, a Korean day spa, and all the women there are nude. And I've never felt so in love with the human form as when I'm walking around and seeing all those bodies, thinking, Oh my god, we're all just built so differently. And every single body is beautiful. I will never understand that shame, and the reinforcement of that shame. It's crazy.