Answering Fan Questions
Melanie from Buffalo is wondering, how much input do you have on your character, the lines, and even down to the wardrobe of your character?
Well, I would say that my input on the character is kind of done accidentally. Maybe little phrases or ad-libs that I add here and there during the show. If I utilize a certain prop, or if I utilize a certain piece of clothing or something, the writers are in tune with that. They’ll watch that and they’ll see that and they’re like, “You know what, I like that. Let’s keep using that, let’s keep writing that in.” So a lot of that is just spontaneous stuff that I come up with, or a scene presents itself with, or it would just make sense for the character to do, and then the writers are like, “Hey, perfect.” As far as premeditated things on my character, like, “No, I don’t think he would do this,” these guys have been writing him since day one. They know him just as well as I do, and we’ve been on the same page ever since. There’s never been any kind of head-butting as far as what the character should be doing, or where he should be going, or why he should be doing what he’s doing.
Another question from someone, who I just have their screen name, and it’s JAcklesObsessed. You know they’re a hardcore fan.
That’s actually my mother. Or Jared.