Mae Whitman on facing her fears for Up Here and being the biggest Arrested Development fan
The A.V. Club: You’ve never really done a musical before. What was it about theIt was a dream. I remember getting the script and being so blown away by Steven [Levitan]’s writing and how the script made the dialogue feel natural and funny without being overly saccharine or manipulative.It’s hard to be funny without being mean or cheesy. You have to be really smart about it. Steve is a genius, and so is everyone involved in the show.
AVC: You’ve said you were afraid of singing on camera for the show because it’s the most vulnerable you’ve felt. How did you overcome that fear?Yeah, even the audition process was terrifying. I had to go to New York City and act like a theater person who can sing in front of people as if it’s no big deal. That was an ordeal in and of itself. I don’t have a system for knowing how not to sink my heart into something without my life crumbling if it doesn’t happen. I wanted this so badly.
It helps when you’re working with people who are so good they don’t feel insecure or the need to control and go, “I need to show them how to do it.” [Director] Thomas Kail said to hire people you trust and admit when you don’t know something. You have to trust them and ask them questions. Having a collaborative environment makes an enormous difference, which is what happened here with all these big people who are humble and self-deprecating. They put me at ease.
I’m trying to be compassionate and gentle with myself because I wasn’t before. I would always tell myself, “You’re lazy, why can’t you do more, be more capable.” And then I answered myself like, “Oh, maybe because I’m completely exhausted from working for 30-plus years and having a disease that makes me sick all the time?” I need to rest and say, “I’m going to put this to the side and say no thank you.
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