Dan Fogelman

I have a memory. I have one picture of it somewhere, but I have a memory of that. We shot out at this ranch and they literally... Our show was not like a high budget in terms of production value show. On occasion, we would do something big at the Hollywood Bowl or go to Vietnam. But for the most part, it was beautifully shot scenes inside rooms.

But they built the structure of the house out on this ranch and out in...

But they built the structure of the house out on this ranch and out in...

But they built the structure of the house out on this ranch and out in...

Yeah, I forget the name of the ranch, but they basically built the house to burn it down.

Yeah, I forget the name of the ranch, but they basically built the house to burn it down.

Yeah, I forget the name of the ranch, but they basically built the house to burn it down.

It was a balcony. There was things and it was like, so they built it and then basically burned it fake. And then I just remember, I remember stepping through it with Milo

It was a balcony. There was things and it was like, so they built it and then basically burned it fake. And then I just remember, I remember stepping through it with Milo

It was a balcony. There was things and it was like, so they built it and then basically burned it fake. And then I just remember, I remember stepping through it with Milo

and then oh this is going to be awesome because the guys and milo are taking it so seriously that it's going to be very real i remember being really struck by hannah this little girl who we'd plucked out of nowhere with barely an audition process who was now like an 18 year old who could emote like that and i didn't know that she had that in her and i was that made it so visceral and real and then i just remember mandy it was freezing i remember we had a little heated tent and mandy was just sitting and reading a joan didion as a

and then oh this is going to be awesome because the guys and milo are taking it so seriously that it's going to be very real i remember being really struck by hannah this little girl who we'd plucked out of nowhere with barely an audition process who was now like an 18 year old who could emote like that and i didn't know that she had that in her and i was that made it so visceral and real and then i just remember mandy it was freezing i remember we had a little heated tent and mandy was just sitting and reading a joan didion as a

and then oh this is going to be awesome because the guys and milo are taking it so seriously that it's going to be very real i remember being really struck by hannah this little girl who we'd plucked out of nowhere with barely an audition process who was now like an 18 year old who could emote like that and i didn't know that she had that in her and i was that made it so visceral and real and then i just remember mandy it was freezing i remember we had a little heated tent and mandy was just sitting and reading a joan didion as a

as her family home burned. She was just reading Joan Didion by herself. And I took a picture of it. I was like, Mandy is just like, she's alternately like screaming, weeping, her house is burning down. And then she's just reading Joan Didion off on the side in a heated tent. And I remember it was like four in the morning.

as her family home burned. She was just reading Joan Didion by herself. And I took a picture of it. I was like, Mandy is just like, she's alternately like screaming, weeping, her house is burning down. And then she's just reading Joan Didion off on the side in a heated tent. And I remember it was like four in the morning.

as her family home burned. She was just reading Joan Didion by herself. And I took a picture of it. I was like, Mandy is just like, she's alternately like screaming, weeping, her house is burning down. And then she's just reading Joan Didion off on the side in a heated tent. And I remember it was like four in the morning.

Yeah, we were... Jake was with me for all of this. I just, I came over to set. Maybe I just told the, I'd been watching Mandy like cry for two or three weeks because of just all the scenes. And she, and I went to say goodbye. It was like two in the morning and she was sitting in a little guest room of the house waiting for her next scene.

Yeah, we were... Jake was with me for all of this. I just, I came over to set. Maybe I just told the, I'd been watching Mandy like cry for two or three weeks because of just all the scenes. And she, and I went to say goodbye. It was like two in the morning and she was sitting in a little guest room of the house waiting for her next scene.

Yeah, we were... Jake was with me for all of this. I just, I came over to set. Maybe I just told the, I'd been watching Mandy like cry for two or three weeks because of just all the scenes. And she, and I went to say goodbye. It was like two in the morning and she was sitting in a little guest room of the house waiting for her next scene.

And she was still just like heaving from the sobs of what you, as they were moving the cameras. And I went, Mandy, I'll see you tomorrow. She's like, okay, man. And I'm walking down the street and Jake's walking out and being like, we gotta do like send flowers or do something for Mandy. Like the poor girl has just been crying for three weeks.