“When you’re performing on stage, you really only get one shot to convey a message to the audience. All of your movements have to be bigger or more over-exaggerated… so that everyone in the theater can read what you’re trying to say to them.”

“I feel so lucky to be able to work on all these different genres of comedy. You really become more confident with every single one, and you always are able to tell what the next one demands because of your past experiences.”

“There’s such a thirst for unique content these days, and the only way you’re really going to get an Indigenous story is if you involve Indigenous storytellers at the ground level.”

“We’re telling a story about human beings that just happen to be brown. We’re not trying to fake these characters. They’re all genuine human beings who are flawed and who have positives and negatives about them, and we’re not trying to hide any of that.”

The veteran television actress discusses period and fantasy costumes, the challenges of creating winter in July, and working on Once Upon a Time and Mad Men.

“What’s important is that you have a childhood, not a career. If I’m going to do something, it has to enhance my childhood and not just build up my career.”

'Psych' write Tim Meltreger talks his career on the comedy mystery series and creating the infamous three-hole punch.