Lennon Parham
Lennon Parham
Lennon Parhamis an American actress and improvisational comedian from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. With frequent collaborator Jessica St. Clair, she created and co-starred in NBC's Best Friends Forever and USA Network's Playing House. She also co-starred in the CBS sitcom Accidentally on Purpose from 2009 to 2010...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth26 October 1976
CityMarietta, GA
CountryUnited States of America
For me, I met my husband when I was going full steam ahead of what I wanted in my career. We sort of intersected and were like, 'Oh, hi, hello!' We were both on our way somewhere to speak and then just kept going together.
We took 'BFF' around to try and take it somewhere else because we were really proud of it, and it had gotten all that critical acclaim, and Twitter fans were going crazy about it.
We always thought we wanted to do a show that you could both laugh and cry in thirty minutes, and I don't know that there are that many comedies that try for that.
It's pretty simple to me: we come from a really grounded world where anything you say could be the thing that the scene becomes about. We're always treating it as if we would treat it in real life. It's all observation.
A lot of television shows, when you see births, the baby is coming out, and the wife is freaking, 'You did this to me!' but she is still super beautiful. There's none of the realism that we just went through.
You learn what can become a good joke and can be repeatable. You have a shorthand about how to introduce a joke to someone.
When we're on Twitter, we're not only live tweeting episodes and talking about behind-the-scenes stuff, we actively try to respond to everybody.
My family is from a tiny town in Alabama. So all I wanted to do was get out of this town.
In ten episodes, we were able to do our writers' room first. We did that all summer and wrote for 15 weeks and got everything in really good shape.
I would say to someone, 'Make your own stuff sooner.' Also, it's OK to say no to something if it doesn't feel right.
I was obsessed with Carol Burnett and then Tracey Ullman. Like, obsessed with their shows.
I can eat Chipotle all day long for years.
Forcing people together is an enjoyable conflict to watch, but I think it's even more enjoyable if they love each other.
'Felicity' was my 'Gilmore Girls' because I grew up in a small town.