MONDO EXTRAS

WC: Well, speak for yourself.

SA: [laughs]

WC: What would you say is your favorite thing about working on 30 Rock?

SA: Hanging out with Tina.

WC: Did you know her well before the show? Were you together at Second City?

SA: Yeah, for years. It kind of became a cliché that the two of us would end up in two-person scenes a lot, so we were kind of partners. And it's nice to be in a job where I get to pretend to be her partner, and pretend to be her friend.

WC: [laughs]

SA: It's very comforting to know that I'm friends with the boss, because I have a little bit of good job security.

WC: That's another question that I wondered, too -- do you follow the news? Do you pay attention to ratings and time slots and stuff, or do you get insulated from that?

SA: I don't pay attention to it. Someone said we're like 130th in the ratings and that shocked me; I thought we'd be in the top twenty, but I just discovered that we're rather low. But so is The Office.

WC: That's true.

SA: So I have every confidence. I know Tracy got arrested a couple of times. And I know Alec was in the news briefly, earlier this year.

WC: I think I read something about that.

SA: But otherwise, now I don't read the message boards or Entertainment Weekly or whatever.

WC: That's wise. Although Entertainment Weekly is very complimentary. I don't think you have anything to fear from them.

SA: Oh, I read the ones that I'm in.

WC: [laughs] That's striking a good balance, then.

SA: Someone will email me and say, "Hey! You were in such-and-such!" So then I go buy that.

WC: I think that's all I had -- they told me that your time was very tight this week -- it's such a big week for you.

SA: I have all the time in the world for you.

WC: That's very sweet! Is there anything else that we should know about the show?