In terms of family dynamics, how do all the cast members interact?
Angela [Kinsley] and Jenna [Fischer] are like twin sister best friends. B.J. [Novak] and I are the same age and we started together as writer-performers, so he’s my best friend on the staff and one of my best friends in life. Steve [Carell] is the dad, Rainn [Wilson] is the pussy mom, and Jenna is the homecoming queen that got into Princeton early. B.J. is the asshole smoker 14-year-old who listens to Limp Bizkit. Paul [Lieberstein] is the sad sack of an uncle who got divorced four times and lives downstairs on a fold-out couch in the TV room. Leslie [David Baker] is the neighbor, and Phyllis [Smith] is everybody’s favorite grandmother. I’m going to get into a lot of trouble for this, I think.
