Angela Kinsey

Yeah.

I remember being very thankful in particular for our cast and how much we were there for each other because we all had times, you know, like that.

And I think on some sets, you might not have that kind of support in the way that we had.

But in the early season of The Office, early in season two, my mom was very sick and she was in the hospital and things were touch and go.

She ended up pulling through, but it was very scary.

And I just remember you and Kate just rallying around me.

And you do, you have to just kind of dig deep inside yourself and

Do your job, you know?

And those are the days where it is just kind of a job, you know?

But also, Layla, the part of your question where you said, does sometimes, does it actually cheer you up?

There had been mornings where nothing in particular bad or anything scary was happening, but maybe you just had a frazzled morning getting out the door and you're just in that kind of mood where you walk onto set and you're just like, okay, now what?

And then we would have a scene and Steve Carell as Michael would do that laugh.

that he does when he acts his acting laugh and it's so damn funny I would find myself laughing or trying not to laugh because my character could never really bust out laughing but there were so many times when Steve pretending to laugh cheered me up laughing

Or exposing yourself to things if it's like subject matter that's really troubling.

I think you did.

I think you did fantastic.

Yeah.

I think the hardest thing for me, Layla, was the reverse, which is playing a grump around a lot of really funny people.

Because I wanted to laugh and I was laughing and I was trying to suppress laughter all the time.

And, you know, I will say, Jenna, talk about a job where sometimes you come to work and you've just got a lot going on, but then you leave at the end of your workday happier.