Amy Poehler and Aubrey Plaza @ Casa De Mi Padre premiere in Los Angeles (03/14/12)

gasstation:

Aubrey Plaza - Paper Magazine photographed by Jiro Schneider, September 2010

likeadoll:

How much fun is it making Parks and Recreation? My girlfriend and I are convinced you guys are having the time of your lives.
Yeah, it’s ridiculous! It’s so much fun. I just finished this movie that I had to do while doing this season of Parks, and I was going back and forth between the movie and the show and it really helped me realise just how much fun it is to do the show! The movie was really good, but it was a lot of work. When I went to the show, though, I got paid to sit there and eat waffles with Amy [Poehler] and Chris [Pratt] for, like, an hour, and just mess around. And that’s my job. That’s awesome. And also my character, April, is so fun because it doesn’t matter if I’m hungover or in a bad mood — I just have to show up and hate everyone. (x)

(on Ryan Gosling) “I didn’t recognize him. He said, ‘I’m a big fan of the show,’ and I said, ‘Thank you. Are you an actor?’ He kind of smirked and said, ‘Yeahhh…’ I asked his name, and he said, ‘Ryan,’ but it didn’t click. I was like, ‘We worked together, didn’t we? You look so familiar.’ He kept smirking, like I was messing with him. I got my juice and left.”

Guys think I’m flirting with them because I’m saying weird stuff or making them laugh. But really, I’m just weird…I haven’t had any real stalkers, but I wish that I did.

fyaubreyplaza:

Aubrey: (On if her improv has added plot to Parks and Recreation) Definitely. There’s a lot of times where we’ll come up with something on the spot, and the writers will catch it in the editing room, and then they’ll be like “Wait a minute, this could turn into something.” That’s kind of how the Andy/April thing started. That was an improvised reaction that I had to him in season one, when they didn’t even think that was going to be possible, to have a love arc. It was this one take we did where he’s talking about his band and he’s trying to describe what kind of music it is, and no one gets it. In my head, I was like, “Well, April would probably get it. Also, April would probably think he’s hot, and she’d probably want to flirt with him in some way.” So I reacted and added a line where I was just like “I totally get it.” And they caught it on camera, and then that kind of sparked something. It’s important for us to keep coming up with things on the spot. But ultimately, we don’t have to.