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Jamie Lee Curtis reveals she hated filming New Girl

Jamie Lee Curtis reveals she hated filming New Girl
Jamie Lee Curtis reveals how filming New Girl was ‘awful’ and ‘not fun’ for her · livemint.com

Jamie Lee Curtis is a famous actor who has been in many TV shows and movies.

She recently told people at an event called NBCUniversal's Summer Backlot Experience that she did not like making a funny TV show called New Girl.

She said the show itself is great and very funny.

But making it felt like making a movie.

On a movie set, there is no audience laughing, and it is very quiet.

She said that quiet feeling was awful for her and not fun.

She prefers making shows where a live audience laughs along, which are called multi-camera sitcoms.

She learned to love that style when she made a show called Anything But Love.

Even though she did not love the experience, she still played a character named Joan Day on New Girl for several years.

Now she is helping make a new comedy called Newlyweds.

Key facts

Actor
Jamie Lee Curtis
Show
New Girl
Role
Joan Day, mother of Jess (played by Zooey Deschanel)
New Girl appearances
2012–2018, several episodes
Event
NBCUniversal's Summer Backlot Experience
Key quote
"It's silent, and it's awful. For me, awful. Single-camera comedies, for me, not fun."
Current project
Newlyweds, upcoming NBC comedy (executive producer and recurring role)
Notable awards
Emmy for The Bear; Golden Globe for Anything But Love (1990)

Quotes

Jamie Lee Curtis

Actress and former multi‑camera sitcom star

“I did a single camera, which, I mean — great show, New Girl, very funny — it’s a good show, but doing it is just like doing a movie, you know, you’ve got a camera crew, and nobody laughs. It’s silent, and it’s awful. For me, awful. Single-camera comedies, for me, not fun.”
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