Q: I love getting to see you on “Glee," I was so excited that you joined the show and I want to find out a little bit about how that came about. I think when you first got the role you kind of found out online?
A: Yeah, somebody was tweeting about it, and I was like, what? I mean, I knew that I auditioned for it, I didn’t black out or anything during my audition, but I didn’t know I got it. When I called my manager they didn’t know for sure either. So somebody, somewhere, leaked it out and that’s how I found out. Maybe it was a text.
Q: You were filming "Hawthorne," were you looking to switch things up at that time for something that might be a little bit more comedic since obviously the show was more of a dramatic turn for you?
A: Yeah, I mean “Hawthorne” went for three years and it was lovely, and I met some great people. We had a great time filming it. I think you can see this in the last season of “Hawthorne." I was getting more focus on that show too. I have a lot of comedy inside of me and when my friends found out I was going to be on an episode of “Glee" they thought, well this is perfect for you Vanessa because you’re such a ham, and it’s true. So I definitely feel more in my element on “Glee” and they definitely allow me the space and lack of parameters to let me just let go and let the character unfold itself which has been amazing. It doesn’t take away from “Hawthorne," but definitely it’s a more freeing experience.
Q: On "Glee" we get to see so many facial expressions or slight movements you do in the background that make us laugh and sometimes steal a little bit of focus. Is that all improv for you or is it part of the script?
A: No, it’s all been improv. I think that Sugar kind of blossomed just by the nature of the character initially, and I think that the main reason why I’ve gotten to stay in the cast and on the show is because of the improv work that I do. Because, I mean, if you look at the show it is a huge ensemble and most of everybody’s seen just in the background of the choir room, depending on the story lines that are rotating in and out of the cast. I just make the most of all of the time I get with my new friends and the cast and the crew. It translated well. Sometimes I watch the show too and I don’t remember what I did or how I danced or what my face looked like and I laugh because the message of “Glee” is so accepting of who you are as a unique being on this planet. I think that because of that I got to be completely without guard, without self-consciousness, and able to be this character without worrying if I was being to vague or too much or not enough or, all of the regular worries of being an actor. I think that’s where this character was born. I watch it too and I’m surprised and I laugh. Even my mom will call me and be like, “What did you do?” and I’m like, I don’t know, I just kind of go with it. That’s kind of how it all evolves and I feel really, really grateful that I’ve been given so many opportunities to enjoy the fun adventure that is this show “Glee”. It's kind of like what you were saying, it’s kismet that all these people from the cast are coming out to say hi, and I just feel like this whole year has kind of just been this magical, fateful adventure. You and I talked last year, it’s just like all that can happen in a year and I feel like the more letting go I’ve done, the more everything just happens on its own.
Q: You put yourself out there, you don’t know what’s going to come back to you. You can audition, audition, audition. You can express interest. But you don’t know what’s going to come back to you.
A: Yeah, I mean, if “Hawthorne” had gone for season four, which I didn’t know when I started “Glee," I wouldn’t have been able to do more than three episodes. I think that’s contractually what you’re allowed to do if you’re a series regular on another show. Then in that case everything would have been different. So it’s interesting how things happen.
Q: “Hawthorne” prepared you a little bit for some of those smooth “Glee” dance moves with "the worm."
A: Yeah, that’s true. That is so true. I didn’t get to do “the worm” on “Glee," how disappointing. People can look it up on YouTube.
Q: I’m sure there’s plenty of .gif’s that show up on everybody’s Tumblr’s now.
A: Oh my gosh, I love .gif’s so much. I love the people who make .gif’s. I love Gleeks so much. It’s been a whole other spectrum of doing this job that has just warmed my heart and added magic to my life that I really, I can’t describe it, and it’s just been so fun. It’s really fun. People who like to have fun, making fun things, being creative, I mean I can’t read a lot now but I used to read all the fan fiction that they would send, and it’s just amazing how one creative thing can lead to a forest of creativity, and it’s beautiful. It’s wild. I mean, I guess that’s why you, yourself, love TV too. I follow you guys, and it’s amazing how inspired you can be by other creative people being creative and it’s just this loop of inspiration and I love it. Do you feel that feeling, working for StarryMag?
Q: Absolutely. It’s a really great benefit. I’m really about good karma. I call it stacking up my karma chips. I’ll open the door for someone or hold the elevator, or something small like pay for something for someone else, or do little things. I call it stacking up my karma chips which you can stack them up and stack them up and then like a casino you, can turn them in.
A: Absolutely, and that actually happens more immediate than that. I think that karma essentially is the joy of giving because every time you do one of those nice things for someone else you feel instantly recharged because giving is positive energy, giving is setting yourself in the right direction, giving is the feeling of joy. I think that immediate stuff is overlooked sometimes because you think karma might have to turn itself in later, but it always happens immediately. Actually, I, on the side this whole year, through “Glee” which has been the most time-consuming job I’ve ever had, I’ve started a side project that I’m hoping to launch on my birthday. Actually, I haven’t even talked about it to anybody because of the stage, it’s still getting developed, but it’s all about giving and when it is developed I will tell you all about it. But it’s basically exactly what you just said, it’s all about giving.
Q: That’s so wonderful. So many people can take so many things for granted. You think there’s always tomorrow, and then there is no tomorrow, so you never know when someone is in need of that extra boost. Maybe someone has a suicidal thought, or somebody needs a boost in their day if they’re having a lot of stress. Little things can do so much.
A: Absolutely. I’ve been blessed enough to internally feel that way since I can remember, which is good, because sometimes people have lots to learn about giving. This year I lost somebody really close to me, and I was so confused at the time. I was like, I don’t get it, and you know at times I still don’t understand it. I don't understand death at all. But Twitter was amazing at that time, the things people said, and you just realize that everyone is in this experience, in this universal life experience. Everyone is losing someone and getting someone and something is being taken and something is being given. You think of that spectrum of this oneness that we’re all in this give and take together, it seems obvious the choice to be part of the giving, because taking just seems so awful. Taking can involve death, and it can involve just anything, money or jobs or whatever, husbands and wives, and the list goes on, but I think that you’re right about you never know about tomorrow and you never want to take that chance. It’s just so important, and it’s important to practice because if you’re not used to it, it does take practice. And it feels so good later on. I hate to preach, especially on Twitter I try not to preach as much as possible, because this is just my own life experience so I can’t even say that it applies to other people. But it’s nice when I meet like-minded people, which Twitter has helped with.
Q: "Glee" is just really one big family and it seems like it didn’t really take you too long to acclimate and become a part of that huge family.
A: It was really weird. At first I was hesitant, like it was my first day at school, and then I just fell in love with everybody. I fell in love with the crew and the cast alike. I felt at home, probably because I could be goofy and weird and awkward, like I feel like that’s the way I am naturally. I just felt so accepted there and I‘ve just really grown to love everybody. I was just thinking today, I miss seeing Chord Overstreet every day. I just miss Chord so much. I get to see Heather and Naya and Lea and Harry outside of work. I get to see them all. When you’re called in to work it’s like going to school. You have to go and you have to sit at the cast table with everybody and since it’s over I have been feeling a little homesick and missing everyone everyday, but it’s okay.
Q: Will we get to see Sugar again before the season finale?
A: You’ll see, Sugar is there until the end of this season. She’s in “Props," “Nationals,” and the finale. There is so much story that they’re moving up that you don’t really get to hear any more of Sugar’s storyline, but she’s there and she’s doing her thing, hopefully making you laugh in all the background moments.
Q. Like I said, I love getting to watch you as Sugar, I know there are storylines going on with other characters in the episodes, but I'm really looking for Sugar.
A: Oh, I appreciate that so much. Part of my role here I felt, in hindsight, was just to bring a little energy to everyone because they were tired. I felt like if I can leave today and have picked people up, even beyond what ends up airing on television, just as a human-to-human experience, I really use that as a goal. Then if it works beyond the set itself and affects people through the screen then, oh my gosh, bonus, you know?
Q: Is that what you really think has captivated so many fans about Sugar, that they get these special moments?
A: I think that what has been my magical experience with this character is that I’ve let go so much of maybe things I’ve learned about acting or ideas that I could plan something, and just try to make it as raw as possible. I think that’s what people like. Maybe it’s, like, unpredictable? Because even to me, I don’t know what’s going to happen, and I don’t know what they’re going to put in. I also don’t know what they catch on film either because they’ll do a scene with fifteen people and the cameras are raking, raking means tracking through different faces and different expressions. It’s such a bunch of unknowns and I really just try to have fun and let go as much as possible and not think. In this world we think too much and I think that it was a weird lesson to learn for me to try to let go and not think and see what happens. It’s been interesting and rewarding. I just want to make people laugh, I really do. I just want to make people forget about what they’re thinking about, their troubles or their insecurities, and laugh.
Q. You seem to get a lot of love from Brittana fans on Twitter.
A. Actually I have a gift for Brittana fans, but I've decided that I'm going to give it at the end of the show, when the last episode airs.
Q: I'm hoping that they will bring Sugar back next year. I think that it would be really great to explore her some more since we’re just starting to breach the surface with her.
A: Yeah, maybe I’ll find out online. You’ll let me know.
Q: For your fans and supporters, is there anything that you’d really like to leave them with, share about "Glee," or tease about something coming up for you?
A: I love everyone who supports me and I hope that any performance that I do that people feel supported in they’re life. I really love acting and I wouldn’t be able to do it unless people loved when I acted so I’m just as grateful to everybody who supports me and for allowing me to do this for my living. I’m just always so grateful, and if there’s ever any message I could give any of my fans it would just be thank you and how grateful I am for their love, support, laughter, and tweets. I love their tweets and their .gifs. Then in the future, the future is such a big unknown, but I’m going to start this charity cause based project that I hope to launch on my birthday, so I will let you know as information comes out about it. I’ll let you know and we can just support even more stuff together.
source: Starry Constellation Magazine
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