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Secretary's Day with Ellie Kemper

Office Ladies

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How to Block a Scene on a TV Show

"I know how easy it is for an actor who has only a few lines to ruin his scene because they're nervous or because they think it's their star vehicle. So I come up with my own blocking and I did the dumbest thing, which is I started way back in the kitchen," she said. "This is proof that I was never an actual waiter because a real waiter knows how to show up at the table at the most awkward moment when somebody's heard terrible news."

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