SPOILER AHEAD!I cried several times throughout the "Home" episode. How emotional was it for you shooting it?
Oh, thank you! I feel so bad when people tell me that! Ryan Murphy had kind of been texting me and telling me, "This one is the big one for you, so I hope you're ready for it. Hope you get excited for it." No pressure! At first I was so excited that I got such good material to do, and then, it was utter fear, like, "How am I going to pull this off? How am I going to cry in every single scene?" But it was very, very rewarding to film it. It was directed by Paris Barclay, who I absolutely love. He directed me in the "Wheels" episode, where I sang "Defying Gravity." It was just great filming it.
What do you use to channel that emotion? How do you make yourself cry in every scene?
You know, I really don't know, and I never really plan on crying until it happens. But usually the material is good, and I just think about the people that it's going to affect, and that's enough to make me bawl. One similarity that I've had with Kurt is that I've felt a lot of the same emotions that he has. I obviously handled them very differently, and we're both very different people, but we've definitely experienced the same stuff. I do use some stuff from my own childhood — my own high school experiences. Apparently they have fake tears that they can give you, but I am very adamant about making sure the tears are real. I had no idea. I just thought that every time I saw somebody crying on TV it was real, but I think it's cheating, so I have to make sure I take the character's hurt and the character's emotion and go to a dark place to get the real tears.
How was it working with Mike O'Malley again? Is it safe to assume that we'll be seeing him in future episodes beyond "Home"?
Absolutely! Actually, I just finished shooting a scene with him, and it was probably the most-emotional scene either of us has ever had to do. I have nothing but great things to say about him. He's just a great actor. It's so much fun to be around him. It's kind of crazy. When we did the "Preggers" episode, we met each other that day and filmed everything that day. And "Wheels" was a one-day thing as well. The chemistry that I have with him on television is real interesting.
Jane Lynch is hilarious as Sue Sylvester. How do you not break character while you're shooting a scene with her?
Oh, no: I do! It's really good editing. It's impossible to not laugh hysterically in a scene with her. She's so unlike Sue Sylvester, but she's just so funny herself, so it's like you have a double-edged funny sword being thrown at you constantly. She could read a single sentence from the dictionary and put those inflections into her words, and it's hysterical!
Ryan Murphy mentioned during the Paley Festival that Kurt would be getting a boyfriend in Season 2. Anything you can tell me about that?
[The role] hasn't even been cast yet, but my only request — and I've said this before — is that they get someone less attractive than me, just because I really, really don't want Kurt to be the broken, loose end of the couple. I want him to be the "what's Kurt doing with him?" type. I'm pretty sure they're probably going to get some kind of Adonis, and it's going to really upset me. (Laughs.)
The show has had amazing guest stars. Who would you like to see as a guest star on the show?
I really, really want Julie Andrews to come on the show, and I really want her to be Kurt's fashionable grandmother. I think it'll be so cool. Anyone who's like her and is a living, breathing legend, I would love to have on the show. I would love to suck up their energy and collect some of their DNA and make a clone.
Kurt's been a football player, he's a part of the glee club, and now he's a Cheerio. What's next for him?
He's just a renaissance guy, isn't he? (Laughs.) I don't know! He's so versatile that I wouldn't be surprised if he went on to become a flag person or went on to become a golf star or play tennis. Who knows? He's pretty limitless. Actually, I am a very good sai sword thrower. Have you ever seen the movie "Elektra" or "Daredevil," the swords that Jennifer Garner has? I'm very good at those. A lot of people don't know, and a lot of people don't believe me until I bring them to set to show them, but I'm hoping they don't write it into the show, because I would like to have one skill I can keep for another project later. I'm singing, I'm dancing, I'm acting — I would like to have something else in my pocket to fall back on.
You guys have been doing all these great activities together, like being on "Oprah" and performing at the White House. What's your relationship with the rest of the cast like? Are you friends in real life?
It's difficult when I tell people how close we are, because I don't think they're going to believe me. I remember, when I was growing up and I watched shows, people would say, "We're family. We do this and that together." I would always think in the back of my head, "Yeah right. They probably hate each other." But we really are family. We play pranks on each other; we go on trips together. We all instantly bonded since the pilot and have been close ever since.
Close enough to get matching ink? Was Lea Michele able to convince you to get a tattoo?
No way. No tattoos for me. I was actually with them when they got those tattoos, and I was the one getting them food and saying, "Are you sure your parents are going to appreciate this? Are you sure your family is going to like this as much as you are? Are you sure you're not going to regret this in 10 years when you're saggy?" That was my job. But, no, I am so afraid of needles. I'm so thankful that I am; otherwise I probably would have one.
Why do you think viewers love "Glee" so much?
I really think that the show is about a group of kids that really never had anything about them or appeal to them on television. I was a total musical theatre nerd in high school, and I would've been obsessed with "Glee" because it's [the only] show on TV about kids just like me. I would've been insanely jealous of every single cast member.
Now everyone's insanely jealous of you!
(Laughs.) Yeah, but then again I don't know if anyone would want to put on the "Single Ladies" leotard! There are so many things that I do on the show that I just have to leave myself at the door or leave myself in the trailer. I personally could never wear some of the things Kurt wears in public. For whatever reason, I'm comfortable wearing them in front of 20 million people that watch the show but, in public, no way!
Leotards aside, what's the greatest thing about working on a show like "Glee"?
I think having an outlet to sing and dance and act and having such amazing, amazing material to do it to is a dream. It's very rare that you get to do so much in one project, let alone have the project be so great and written so well.
The episode of "Glee" titled "Home" airs Tuesday, 4/27 at 9pm ET on Fox.
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