I’ve been working on Barb for a while. I looked at her as a sort of every woman. She’s incredibly strong; she’s incredibly generous. She’s seemingly insane because she is in the situation of a polygamous relationship, but she had definite reasons to do it.

I’d really been wanting to do a television series. I was looking for a comedy.

But I don’t think that it’s a form of family that I would be comfortable in. I’ve found a way to this character and this family, but I still believe that a marriage is between two people and not seven or three.

But we’re all so different, we’re different ages; we’re not vying for the same roles. There’s no competition, there’s really kind of a sisterhood, on and off the set, you know?

I’ve been playing tennis, and just whatever sport is in front of me I will do.

The government doesn’t really prosecute for polygamy anymore, but a lot of the arrests are of groups supporting themselves through welfare scams or for child abuse. So that was all I’d really heard about polygamists.

Most indie shoots, or any kind of film shooting, even TV, it’s out of Los Angeles, unfortunately. I wish that would change, that people could work where their families are, across the board – crew, cast. I wish we could all stay here.

You hear about these shows where there are all these women are supposedly always in a catfight, and then you find out in reality that they’re all getting along fine.

Well, I think a lot of people only hear about the extreme, fundamentalist kind of polygamists, because they’re always in the news being brought up on charges.

I’ve had the same friends for ten, fifteen years.