WEBVTT - One on One: Susane Lee 0:00:00.720 --> 0:00:08.840 I am all in. Oh, I'll kiss you. 0:00:16.960 --> 0:00:20.640 I Am all in with Scott Patterson, an iHeartRadio podcast. 0:00:21.079 --> 0:00:26.040 Okay, we're going to talk to Suzanne Lee, who played 0:00:26.040 --> 0:00:28.960 the role of Kean for five episodes in two thousand 0:00:28.960 --> 0:00:31.080 and three two thousand and four. First appearance was in 0:00:31.160 --> 0:00:33.960 season four, episode nineteen After Boom. Last appearance was in 0:00:34.000 --> 0:00:38.199 season six, episode nineteen, I Get a sidekick out of You. 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:42.680 Kean is a Korean exchange student who for a lot 0:00:42.720 --> 0:00:46.559 of the time finds American customs odd or foreign. She 0:00:46.600 --> 0:00:50.760 appears studious and dutiful. She is reverent to her hosts, 0:00:50.880 --> 0:00:55.760 Miss Kim, but eventually befriends Lane becomes more expressive of 0:00:55.760 --> 0:00:58.800 her personal tastes and character. A little bit about her. 0:00:58.840 --> 0:01:02.639 She was born in New York, Texas. Susanne graduated from 0:01:02.720 --> 0:01:05.759 Duke University with a BS in psychology, a minor in theater. 0:01:05.800 --> 0:01:09.880 A summer drama program in London and an apprenticeship at 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:13.959 the renowned Williamstown Theater Festival both solidified her decision to 0:01:14.000 --> 0:01:19.520 pursue acting wholeheartedly. She moved to Los Angeles and booked 0:01:19.520 --> 0:01:23.320 her first theatrical role of Kean, recurring on Gilmore Girls. 0:01:23.360 --> 0:01:28.000 On stage, she has performed as Janet in Kim's Convenience 0:01:28.400 --> 0:01:31.959 at the Laguna Playhouse, Medieval Journey at the Walt Disney 0:01:31.959 --> 0:01:36.640 Concert Hall, What's Wrong with Angry at Celebration Theater, and 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:40.320 in LA's premiere of four Thousand Miles at the Sierra 0:01:40.440 --> 0:01:45.760 Madre Playhouse. TV film highlights include working on such shows 0:01:46.120 --> 0:01:51.080 as Madam Secretary, Gray's Anatomy, Rizzolian Isles, Snowfall, and The 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:56.680 Soloist Opposite Jamie Fox. Suzanne Land, a dark comedic series 0:01:57.160 --> 0:01:59.960 she co created and co wrote with her partner Andrew Oh, 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:05.120 had its world premiere at Some Dance and went on 0:02:05.200 --> 0:02:08.560 to win Best Short Form Comedy at the New York 0:02:08.639 --> 0:02:13.639 TV Fest, Best Short Comedy at ITV Fest, and Best 0:02:13.680 --> 0:02:19.040 Actress at Sin in Spain. Susan, thank you so much 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:22.840 for comment on Listen. You got a degree in psychology 0:02:22.840 --> 0:02:28.320 from Duke University. I know Duke very well. Actually spent 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:31.240 some time in Durham and I was the assistant. I 0:02:31.280 --> 0:02:33.919 was a pitching coach at Duke on the Duke baseball 0:02:33.960 --> 0:02:36.280 team in a long time ago. Yes, so it's a 0:02:36.320 --> 0:02:38.120 long story. This is not about me, this is about you. 0:02:38.440 --> 0:02:41.960 What was the original plan with that degree in psychology 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:46.080 from Duke Munivery prestigious Duke University, and when did it 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:46.919 pivot into acting? 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:50.760 I was always well, I got I minored in theater 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:53.320 as well there, so it was kind of a pre 0:02:53.480 --> 0:02:57.240 med route but always and then splitting off to choosing 0:02:57.440 --> 0:02:58.440 acting ultimately. 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:01.880 But it was a bad It was a battle between. 0:03:01.680 --> 0:03:08.040 Myself and my parents and expectations and trying to meet 0:03:08.120 --> 0:03:10.400 every like, trying to find my place. And it was 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:12.560 only till I finally got to college. While I was 0:03:12.600 --> 0:03:16.680 away and I was actually taking theater classes acting got 0:03:16.760 --> 0:03:20.320 to do a summer program in London, and I was like, 0:03:20.400 --> 0:03:22.760 this is it, this is what I want to do, right, And. 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:26.960 That was it. Tell us about London a little bit 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:30.800 that that part really fascinates me. Did you go to 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:32.639 the Royal Academy? Where were you? 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:35.320 You know? It was affili date through Duke, so we 0:03:35.400 --> 0:03:39.880 stayed at other but we were really basically watching nightly theater, 0:03:40.120 --> 0:03:43.240 talking about it, discussing. It was just like theater camp 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:49.400 doing scenes. And I actually saw Clive Owen there before 0:03:49.520 --> 0:03:51.200 he did the movie version. But it was a play 0:03:51.280 --> 0:03:55.440 first Closer and it was a small black box performance 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:58.360 and it was so raw, so edgy, and it was like, 0:03:58.480 --> 0:04:00.240 oh my god, this is it. 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:01.880 Yeah, isn't he great? Yeah? 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:05.000 Phenomenal, mind blowing and I. 0:04:05.000 --> 0:04:10.480 Was he's the real deal. That guy is just like, so, 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:12.280 when did you move to Los Angeles? 0:04:13.120 --> 0:04:16.120 Right after I graduated early I got out, I was like, 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:19.240 I'm moving to LA right away, and I think I 0:04:19.279 --> 0:04:21.400 tell my parents that I got into like some I 0:04:21.440 --> 0:04:24.800 think it was a documentary USC summer program and I 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:26.680 kind of used that to get me out there. And 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:28.800 then I was just scouting, like Okay, where am I 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:31.120 going to live? The girl who was in the documented 0:04:31.160 --> 0:04:32.600 program was like I want to stay too. 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:34.840 She was from Turkey. So we're like we're going to 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:35.440 just do it. 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:40.159 And I didn't know anyone, and and then you know, doubt, 0:04:40.200 --> 0:04:42.520 self doubt kicks in and it's like you're doing everything 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:45.599 but acting, you know. And I did like this theater 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:49.080 behind the scenes, I'm in the raptors like pulling down 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:51.200 whatever they need and I'm just sitting up there going, 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:54.080 oh my gosh. And then my my roommate then her 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:56.359 name was Hava, was like, what are you doing? You 0:04:56.400 --> 0:04:57.440 came on here to be an actor? 0:04:57.440 --> 0:04:58.039 What are you? You know? 0:04:58.080 --> 0:04:59.920 You're doing everything butt and I was like, you're right, 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:05.640 You're right. So I pivoted and then did a couple 0:05:06.240 --> 0:05:10.760 years at LACC they had a theater Academy program, and 0:05:10.800 --> 0:05:13.760 then from there I did a play saw someone saw 0:05:13.800 --> 0:05:15.680 me in that and referred me to a manager, and 0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:17.240 then I was just getting. 0:05:17.000 --> 0:05:17.640 Out there. 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:23.400 Fantastic. So what was the hardest part for you trying 0:05:23.400 --> 0:05:24.480 to break into Hollywood? 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:30.200 I would say, you know, it's I didn't have a 0:05:30.279 --> 0:05:33.840 real connected community, you know, coming out here. It was 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:35.919 very like I'm just trying to figure it out myself. 0:05:35.920 --> 0:05:37.680 And that's when my parents also were like when they 0:05:37.680 --> 0:05:40.240 finally were like do it. But I just don't have 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:44.200 any advice for you in this world. And it's just 0:05:44.279 --> 0:05:45.680 kind of like I had to figure it out. I 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:47.960 had to find my own people, you know. Went to 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:50.800 a Meisner program where my closest friends are still from 0:05:50.800 --> 0:05:53.320 that two year program. And I feel like that's the 0:05:53.400 --> 0:05:55.680 toughest thing is when you're just starting out you have 0:05:55.800 --> 0:05:59.080 no concept of like how do I get through? 0:05:59.160 --> 0:05:59.880 How do I get through? 0:06:00.200 --> 0:06:02.599 Still I still feel like it's it's still challenging in 0:06:02.640 --> 0:06:05.760 its own right. I feel like now with time, I 0:06:05.880 --> 0:06:09.200 just feel a lot more confident than I did back then. 0:06:09.360 --> 0:06:13.120 You know, yeah, yeah, it's like knowing when it's like 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:17.479 hard to know when your skill set is ready to 0:06:17.600 --> 0:06:20.160 walk into the room and get the job, because that's 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:23.400 it's it's a skill set, right, but you can't you 0:06:23.440 --> 0:06:26.159 can't get it. I mean, some people can just walk 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:28.120 right in their first audition and nail it because they 0:06:28.200 --> 0:06:30.120 don't know any better to be right. 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:30.760 Yeah. 0:06:30.880 --> 0:06:33.760 Yeah, and then they sort of like if they don't 0:06:33.800 --> 0:06:36.479 get the first couple of things, and then they go, oh, yeah, 0:06:36.520 --> 0:06:38.200 this is how it has to do. So then they 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:40.240 get in their heads and they try to figure out 0:06:40.279 --> 0:06:42.720 how to be in the room and yeah, and then 0:06:42.760 --> 0:06:48.120 it just turns into a year's long slog. But you 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:51.080 know what I always found interesting every time I was 0:06:51.120 --> 0:06:56.360 successful in the room, and it wasn't often in the beginning, 0:06:56.720 --> 0:07:01.240 Like in the very beginning, I was very sickful and 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:03.200 then didn't get the I came right down the way 0:07:03.200 --> 0:07:04.880 I didn't get the job, and then I went in 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:10.040 through a multi year process of just stinking yes. And 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:13.120 then I eventually got really good at being in the 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:17.560 room because I stopped caring what anybody thought, so I 0:07:17.600 --> 0:07:20.360 and then I you know, you have these conversations with 0:07:20.440 --> 0:07:23.720 other actors, and one actor in particular said, you know 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:26.200 what I do is I flip the psychology in the room. 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:30.320 I go in the room as the character and I 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:31.800 put my finger up and I said, just give me 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:33.360 a minute. And then I turned my back on the 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:35.040 room and I get in character and then I turn 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:37.440 around after I'll take a minute. I'll take a minute 0:07:37.480 --> 0:07:40.480 and a half and I'll get those people to focus 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:44.240 on me, and then I'll turn around and say I'm ready, 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:48.240 let's go. And then he does it leaves that's it. Yeah, 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:50.960 and he said, he said to me, he said, I 0:07:51.040 --> 0:07:54.680 started booking stuff pretty consistently after I did that. 0:07:54.680 --> 0:07:55.520 That makes sense. 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:57.440 And I tried it, and I made a complete ass 0:07:57.480 --> 0:08:02.000 out of myself. So I never I forgot the order. 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:11.080 That because he gave himself that permission to really completely escape, 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:13.600 like into his imagination and boom and then just go 0:08:13.680 --> 0:08:15.720 and then this is it, you know, and bring it 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:16.120 to life. 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:18.120 And then it's like take it or leave it. 0:08:18.160 --> 0:08:21.480 But I did right because there's so many you know, 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:24.840 you get all this advice from your manager, your agents, whoever, 0:08:25.280 --> 0:08:27.120 and it's like, well, go in and be yourself and 0:08:27.160 --> 0:08:29.600 then transform into the character or just go in and 0:08:29.640 --> 0:08:33.880 take over the room, you know what it is. I 0:08:33.920 --> 0:08:36.080 got Gilmore because I was so busy. I didn't care 0:08:36.960 --> 0:08:39.400 if I got it. I didn't need it, or at 0:08:39.480 --> 0:08:41.480 least I convinced myself that I didn't need it. I 0:08:41.520 --> 0:08:43.680 really did need it, but I convinced myself because I 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:45.800 was so busy. I had too many auditions. You know, 0:08:45.840 --> 0:08:47.800 I was teaching acting at the time. I had tons 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:49.720 of classes. I had to teach in tons of students, 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:51.280 and I was teaching. 0:08:51.840 --> 0:08:53.360 I started just started teaching too. 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:55.120 No, I was back time. 0:08:55.320 --> 0:08:55.880 He was. 0:08:57.920 --> 0:09:03.439 Like nineteen ninety eight I started, So you're doing it now, Yeah, I. 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:04.959 Just like I start. 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:09.040 I taught like a year ago at idsa Identity School 0:09:09.040 --> 0:09:12.040 of Acting. It's a multicultural school. I think they started 0:09:12.040 --> 0:09:15.280 in London with I guess John Boego Letitia right, and 0:09:15.280 --> 0:09:18.400 they opened up a Hollywood branch. But I was coaching first, 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:21.080 and I started teaching, and I found it's thrilling. 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:24.200 Yes, that's how I started the same way, coaching people 0:09:24.200 --> 0:09:27.520 for auditions, and then people were getting to producers and 0:09:27.559 --> 0:09:29.560 some people got offers. So you should teach a class, 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:33.080 So I sort of organic. It all organically happened. Yeah, 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:35.040 that's that's great. It's very satisfying. 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:35.720 It is. 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:39.520 It's really really great to do it. You should continue 0:09:39.559 --> 0:09:40.560 doing it. It's wonderful. 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:43.760 Yeah, it is very it's inspiring. Like I feel like 0:09:43.800 --> 0:09:45.679 it's like a full circle, like the things I'm saying 0:09:45.679 --> 0:09:47.439 to them is like the things I'm utilizing, and it's 0:09:47.480 --> 0:09:47.880 just making me. 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:51.679 A stronger actor too. It's amazing, it's great. 0:09:51.840 --> 0:09:56.160 I think that's why I got Gilmore. Oh wow, because 0:09:56.600 --> 0:10:00.360 because I was just so much more relaxed in auditions, 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:03.360 because I was giving all this advice to people all 0:10:03.400 --> 0:10:08.079 the time, and maybe I just like I'm stupid or something, 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:10.520 and I finally just that it had to take that 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:14.280 kind of like hammering away at myself, yes, yes, to 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:17.440 get it so it's finally sung. Anyway, I don't know throusmosis. 0:10:17.480 --> 0:10:26.760 I told myself it was speaking of audition. Do you 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:31.600 remember the audition for Kirn Is that how you say 0:10:32.480 --> 0:10:34.400 k k k K? 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:36.040 Yes? 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:38.840 I remember there was one audition I went previously, but 0:10:39.320 --> 0:10:43.040 I didn't get it, and then this one came around, 0:10:43.600 --> 0:10:45.280 and I do remember. 0:10:45.280 --> 0:10:46.200 I remember getting my. 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:50.600 Mom's help because of the Korean exchange because I'm like, 0:10:50.920 --> 0:10:53.000 I would say, conversational, I understand more. 0:10:52.800 --> 0:10:55.200 Than I can speak it. And I was like, oh man, 0:10:55.280 --> 0:10:57.520 it's a rapid fire. So I had to get my 0:10:57.559 --> 0:10:58.240 mom to help me. 0:10:58.800 --> 0:11:02.640 And I remember I do remember going into the room, 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:05.120 and I think I was first because I was so like. 0:11:05.160 --> 0:11:07.120 Oh man, I gotta go first. 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:09.560 I think I like to like just relax, and but 0:11:09.600 --> 0:11:11.080 it was just like boom, you're up, and I just 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:14.079 remember it was super fun, like all I remember. It 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:16.800 was just I remember the room was very welcoming. I 0:11:16.840 --> 0:11:20.480 do remember laughter and in not throwing me because I 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:22.480 was just kind of in it and having fun. And 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:23.960 then walking out and that was it. 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:25.360 But who was there? Who was there? 0:11:26.040 --> 0:11:28.240 The room was full, like I don't even know. I 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:30.160 just remember it was packed. It seemed like a very 0:11:30.360 --> 0:11:30.960 packed room. 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:32.080 Was it a Warner brother? 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:32.680 Yeah? 0:11:33.040 --> 0:11:36.680 Yeah? And was Amy there? Do you remember Amy being there? 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:38.720 I don't remember. 0:11:38.960 --> 0:11:39.720 Just a lot of people. 0:11:39.880 --> 0:11:41.520 Oh, I just that's all. It is a lot of 0:11:41.520 --> 0:11:42.560 people coming in here. 0:11:42.480 --> 0:11:44.520 Right here we go, here we go. 0:11:46.960 --> 0:11:48.760 I would imagine she would have been in the room. 0:11:49.120 --> 0:11:51.920 I don't know. It seemed like a very packed house. 0:11:54.480 --> 0:11:57.000 A great role, great roll it. 0:11:56.920 --> 0:11:57.800 Was so fun. 0:11:58.120 --> 0:12:02.280 So you you really didn't seem to struggle at all 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:05.240 with the pace. I mean you were just super speedy 0:12:05.760 --> 0:12:09.200 and on it, and I guess you have that ability 0:12:09.240 --> 0:12:12.640 that's very rare. Did did you find it to be 0:12:14.160 --> 0:12:17.160 easier than you thought to keep that pace up? Did 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:18.760 they give you a lot of notes like hey, go 0:12:18.880 --> 0:12:21.040 faster because it didn't seem like they had to. 0:12:21.559 --> 0:12:22.760 I don't remember that. 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:25.720 I think I just naturally, like I even remember like 0:12:25.760 --> 0:12:29.280 an acting like slow down, slow down, And I think 0:12:29.280 --> 0:12:31.080 that's just my natural like was just to. 0:12:31.080 --> 0:12:34.000 Go boom, boom, bom, boom, to rush. So I think 0:12:34.040 --> 0:12:37.680 it just was like perfectly matched for like Gilmore speed, 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:39.840 it was like boom. 0:12:41.080 --> 0:12:43.560 The pacing was not a real issue for me because 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:45.640 it was just natural my. 0:12:45.640 --> 0:12:50.120 Natural go is just because those scenes, those scenes with 0:12:50.120 --> 0:12:52.920 with Keko or just it just fly. I mean it's 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:55.200 just like the back and forth is as good as 0:12:55.200 --> 0:12:55.640 it gets. 0:12:56.480 --> 0:12:57.600 Yeah, so fun. 0:12:57.880 --> 0:13:01.440 Were you familiar with the show, but for you audition, I. 0:13:01.360 --> 0:13:04.199 Was familiar, but I wasn't watching it. I think at 0:13:04.200 --> 0:13:06.960 that time it was I feel like there's a period 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:09.720 where I really went was watching. All I was more 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:13.240 normally watching was films like watching feature films, and then 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:16.200 I think, yeah, I was aware of it, but I 0:13:16.280 --> 0:13:20.640 wasn't like a like a daily tune in and yeah, 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:23.280 so I wasn't that familiar with it right right when 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:23.920 I jumped in. 0:13:24.280 --> 0:13:30.679 This is from Emily from Tallahassee, Florida. This was your 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:34.240 first TV show you book. Do you remember your first 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:35.720 day on set? 0:13:36.280 --> 0:13:36.439 Oh? 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:37.360 My first day. 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:42.560 I just remember everyone was just like so lovely, so 0:13:42.559 --> 0:13:46.000 so nice, and I just remember everyone was just being 0:13:46.080 --> 0:13:48.079 like I was like, wow, it felt like the energy 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:51.800 felt like family. I just felt like very welcomed and 0:13:53.400 --> 0:13:56.160 it was just That's why I feel like I really 0:13:56.280 --> 0:14:00.520 kind of looked into this being my first experience, and 0:14:00.559 --> 0:14:02.720 I feel like by that point, I felt like everything 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:04.800 was just a well oiled machine. I felt like you 0:14:04.840 --> 0:14:07.760 guys were just boom boom boom. Everything was moving so 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:11.160 like beautifully and like there was I didn't feel like 0:14:11.240 --> 0:14:14.440 much tension. You know, I've been on sets where there's 0:14:14.480 --> 0:14:19.840 been tension, and this felt like it was just fun. 0:14:20.040 --> 0:14:22.240 Just like everybody was like thrilled to be there. 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:24.720 Two thousand and three, I think it. 0:14:24.600 --> 0:14:28.240 Was that season five. I think season four four. 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:31.320 Okay, season three or four yeah, so you played that 0:14:31.400 --> 0:14:34.480 foreign exchange shoes and Kian who lived with missus Kim. 0:14:34.480 --> 0:14:35.440 Give us his kill. 0:14:35.760 --> 0:14:40.800 Did you like the progression of the character my character? 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:42.880 Yeahs as it changed. 0:14:43.120 --> 0:14:47.280 I really I'm really so happy that we didn't. It 0:14:47.480 --> 0:14:51.360 shifted into We're gonna come together and I'm going to 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:52.880 take you under my wings, and I was like, oh, 0:14:52.880 --> 0:14:54.000 I hope this isn't just going. 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:56.080 To be like us, like at each other's throat. And 0:14:56.600 --> 0:15:00.440 I really thought it was a lovely shift to come together. 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:05.920 I thought that was really beautiful versus us always like, oh, 0:15:06.080 --> 0:15:08.520 she's trying to take over my life or take up 0:15:08.560 --> 0:15:09.040 my place. 0:15:09.880 --> 0:15:11.640 But I thought that was a really. 0:15:11.800 --> 0:15:17.160 Nice way of like showing out, you know, people can 0:15:17.960 --> 0:15:20.600 become friends under the most unusual situation. 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:20.920 Yeah. 0:15:21.880 --> 0:15:26.560 Yeah, yeah, And that was really at the time when 0:15:26.720 --> 0:15:30.560 when Layne was starting to show some real backbone. Yeah, 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:35.640 you know, with with her mother making demands on her 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:42.320 and setting the tone which was compelling to watch. Uh okay, 0:15:42.360 --> 0:15:48.560 this is from Richard from UH Seattle. What was your 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:52.000 favorite part about being part of the Gilmore Girls cast. 0:15:53.080 --> 0:15:59.480 Oh, you know, I would have to say the Gilmore 0:15:59.480 --> 0:16:02.760 Girl fail are like the best. It's like amazing. Like 0:16:02.760 --> 0:16:03.600 people will run. 0:16:03.480 --> 0:16:06.440 Into and they're just they're hardcore. They love it, and 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:07.200 it's just like. 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:12.960 This this super love you know. I mean, people are 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:17.400 so committed to the show, and uh, I really love 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:20.560 that I'm just being part of the family. It's it's like, wow, 0:16:21.120 --> 0:16:24.000 it's really special, like something was specially created. 0:16:24.400 --> 0:16:28.560 Did you did you get recognized right away after after 0:16:28.640 --> 0:16:29.080 it aired? 0:16:30.240 --> 0:16:32.800 I feel like it was later just on and off throughout. 0:16:33.760 --> 0:16:35.680 Even if I'd be like putting on glasses or not 0:16:35.880 --> 0:16:39.200 or without glasses, people would recognize me and I was like, oh, 0:16:39.240 --> 0:16:42.400 it's really great. Or I would get uh fan mail 0:16:43.560 --> 0:16:47.960 and people like, uh, I guess like little images or 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:51.560 created things and it was really lovely. I was like, wow, 0:16:51.680 --> 0:16:53.480 I love that they had such a spirit. 0:16:53.880 --> 0:16:58.920 Uh yeah, I've never had a bad encounter with with all. 0:16:58.960 --> 0:17:01.680 Every encounter I have with Gilmore fans in the last 0:17:01.720 --> 0:17:05.240 twenty some odd years have been all pleasant. It's amazing. 0:17:05.440 --> 0:17:05.680 Yeah. 0:17:06.119 --> 0:17:09.280 Yeah, they're not Yeah, they're not strange. They're just lovely 0:17:09.359 --> 0:17:13.400 and they they're filled with excitement and emotion and they 0:17:13.440 --> 0:17:18.000 want to share, you know, the deeper meanings of what 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:20.320 what the show did for them and their dag right 0:17:20.800 --> 0:17:25.439 family and it's just it's really quaint. It's something. 0:17:26.040 --> 0:17:26.960 Yeah, it's beautiful. 0:17:27.119 --> 0:17:28.520 We were part of something one day. 0:17:29.320 --> 0:17:33.360 Yes, and also having like the Asian storyline. I don't 0:17:33.400 --> 0:17:35.000 think that was like happening at that time. 0:17:35.040 --> 0:17:35.800 You know, it was very. 0:17:35.720 --> 0:17:38.400 Ahead of its time that miss Him and this uh 0:17:38.720 --> 0:17:41.320 with Lane and that relationship being on TV. 0:17:41.640 --> 0:17:44.399 You know, it was powerful. 0:17:44.880 --> 0:17:48.359 You know, it's you know, I may we just we 0:17:48.560 --> 0:17:52.000 just did a we just did a recap on on 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:54.160 that particular episode where you do come in the diner 0:17:54.200 --> 0:17:56.000 and have that scene with Lane and she takes you 0:17:56.080 --> 0:17:59.680 under her wing. Now you're now you're you know, your 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:03.320 buddy now, so she's going to help you out. But 0:18:03.359 --> 0:18:06.720 I always thought that that show could have spun off, 0:18:08.080 --> 0:18:13.479 you know, a Missus Kim, Lane and Kean side its 0:18:13.520 --> 0:18:18.840 own show. I thought I thought the Rory Logan Huntsburger 0:18:19.400 --> 0:18:22.119 Yale thing could have been its own show. You know, 0:18:23.280 --> 0:18:28.679 really a lot of shows in one very powerful. Do 0:18:28.760 --> 0:18:31.280 you have a favorite scene that you filmed This is 0:18:31.320 --> 0:18:35.080 from Kyle in Albany, New York. Do you have a 0:18:35.119 --> 0:18:40.159 favorite scene that you filmed, a favorite. 0:18:40.040 --> 0:18:42.480 Within the Gilm or like in my life or is 0:18:42.520 --> 0:18:44.040 this particular to Gilmore. 0:18:43.720 --> 0:18:45.800 Girls, I think you better keep it Gilmore Ye. 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:47.000 Okay, okay, great. 0:18:49.000 --> 0:18:51.840 Favorite suggestions. 0:18:52.080 --> 0:18:57.439 I would say I think the the the diner scene 0:18:57.560 --> 0:19:01.080 was super fun with coming in and it's like the 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:04.159 flax seeds and everything that's happening, and then she's like, 0:19:04.200 --> 0:19:08.359 here have this, you know, she me a plate of fries. 0:19:13.440 --> 0:19:14.720 See fried snicker bars. 0:19:14.760 --> 0:19:18.400 I remember I was like, oh god, the writing was phenomenal. 0:19:19.359 --> 0:19:21.439 Yeah when that, when the writing was on, it was 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:25.960 really quite special. Yeah. So what kind of opportunities sprang 0:19:26.040 --> 0:19:28.159 up for you when once that showed there? Did it? 0:19:28.280 --> 0:19:29.600 Did you notice the difference? 0:19:31.040 --> 0:19:32.040 I don't know if I did. 0:19:32.160 --> 0:19:35.240 Honestly, I feel like I did go out for uh 0:19:35.680 --> 0:19:38.520 things here and there, but it's like I feel like 0:19:39.240 --> 0:19:41.879 I was still in self maybe self doubt mode of 0:19:41.960 --> 0:19:44.200 like oh I got that, and it's like what what now? 0:19:44.280 --> 0:19:45.520 You know what I mean? And then it's like the 0:19:45.560 --> 0:19:47.200 second guessing yourself. 0:19:47.200 --> 0:19:47.520 And. 0:19:49.920 --> 0:19:54.960 Uh, other other things happened, like uh, really great roles, 0:19:55.080 --> 0:19:58.879 you know, like I did the Shield, you know, grades 0:19:58.960 --> 0:20:02.639 Anatomy and they're all like these more ground like the 0:20:02.720 --> 0:20:06.399 drama side, you know, it was I don't think I 0:20:06.440 --> 0:20:10.040 went back to comedy. It was more like, oh, yeah, 0:20:10.119 --> 0:20:13.600 so interesting. I feel like the other future bookings were 0:20:13.600 --> 0:20:20.959 definitely drama, so yeah, yes interesting. It was a different, 0:20:21.240 --> 0:20:22.120 a different stretch. 0:20:22.400 --> 0:20:25.480 I found it very odd going from the show to 0:20:26.600 --> 0:20:30.639 anything else, Yeah, because I still hadn't made the adjustment 0:20:30.720 --> 0:20:32.920 to slow down and act right. 0:20:33.440 --> 0:20:33.680 Yeah. 0:20:33.840 --> 0:20:37.000 They had to tell me like why you like, can 0:20:37.040 --> 0:20:41.119 you slow down? Take your time? I'm like, really, I 0:20:41.119 --> 0:20:48.280 can do that. So tell us about this comedy series, uh, 0:20:48.400 --> 0:20:50.440 Susanne Land that you created. 0:20:50.560 --> 0:20:56.120 Oh yes, so dark comedy. So going back to some roots. 0:20:56.240 --> 0:20:57.160 Uh yeah. 0:20:57.200 --> 0:20:59.160 My partner and I at that time we were doing 0:20:59.200 --> 0:21:03.080 some improv and that was one of my biggest fears. 0:21:03.080 --> 0:21:05.119