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What else can we expect to see this season? I hear we find out a big secret about Bobby and his living arrangements?
Ha! Yes, there's a huge secret about Bobby that I won't give away. There's also Andy, who's living out in the suburbs now, and having a lot of difficulty with that. Kind of a midlife crisis. We find out that Stephanie is in an extraordinary amount of debt. She needs a debt counselor, who she starts dating. And Kenny and Mike start working together at Kenny's sports memorabilia store.
Are there any advantages to playing a character who's a modern career woman, but who's not as fashion-obsessed as most other TV characters who work in publishing or the media?
Oh my God, it's fantastic. PJ's the kind of girl who if she sees something in a store that looks good on her, she'll buy three of them in every color, just so that she doesn't have to deal with shopping anymore. She goes to work every day in a T-shirt, jeans and sneakers. You can't beat that. I look at the girls on 'Sex and the City,' and I'm just thinking, 'Oh, how many sit-ups do you have to do to pull off that outfit?' you know?
And just walking around in those stilettos all day.
I know! Exactly. I think about how fun it would be to play that kind of character, for about five minutes, then I throw it away.
Your memorable character in 'Must Love Dogs' was more like that. She must have been fun to play.
That was definitely a fun character. As an actress, obviously the fun is in changing things around, exploring different kinds of people. So, certainly, it was fun, but it's also nice to play, day in and day out, somebody who's so laid back and causal and comfortable in her own skin.
It's cool to have a character like PJ on TV, too. Someone who's successful and confident and smart and pretty, but who isn't obsessed with her looks and everything related to that.
I think what's so nice about the way that Betsy created this character is that, you know, there's allowance for her to be neurotic, but they keep PJ relatively stereotype free. She is a tomboy, but she's not masculine. She does like sports, but she's also very much a woman. She's very confident, but she's not arrogant. She's complicated in the best possible way.
Were you a sports fan before you started the show, by the way?
No, I definitely had to study up a little bit.
On poker, too?
The poker, too. I've lost a lot of money doing research for this show.
Where would you like to see the writers go with your character? What do you envision for PJ a few seasons down the road?
Work-wise, I'd love to see her moved into a different position, like to become a columnist, or see her have to deal with all the away games, the on-the-road stuff, which we touched upon lightly. But we have to be careful with that, because focusing on her work pulls us away from the relationships with all the guys, which, I think, is really the heart of the show.
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