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I felt like our connection was this cynicism we had. I always thought that was interesting\u2014you create an alliance, whether it be with a best friend or a family member, that you have this viewpoint on something, but it\u2019s not always forever. So Joanne and Morgan shared philosophies until Joanne kind of grew out of it, and it just felt really right that that would kind of piss Morgan off. When I paired off with my husband, Simon\u2014<\/p>\n
Sara:<\/strong> What is this \u201cpaired off\u201d? I\u2019ve never heard you use this term.<\/p>\n Erin:<\/strong> Really? [Shrugs<\/em>] I don\u2019t know. But when Simon and I got together,<\/em> Sara was very supportive and connected to him, and we didn\u2019t have that issue.<\/p>\n Sara:<\/strong> But in life it\u2019s hard when you\u2019re accustomed to a certain dynamic and that dynamic shifts. Like, Erin hasn\u2019t been to my house in two years. Normally, she\u2019d be done with work like, \u201cI\u2019m coming over.\u201d She\u2019ll cook me dinner, she\u2019ll put my kids to bed. She\u2019s literally not been in my house for a year and that\u2019s an adjustment\u2014<\/p>\n Erin:<\/strong> Because I had a baby.<\/p>\n You both have been creative partners for most of your adult lives, but do obstacles in your dynamic still arise?<\/strong><\/p>\n Sara:<\/strong> There\u2019s no push-and-pull power dynamic. We both have pretty clear lanes. There\u2019s no part of me that wants to be a writer. Erin has such an innate talent that is so specific to her. I would say she has the most important comedic voice in TV right now. She can\u2019t say that about herself, but I can and I\u2019m so proud of her.<\/p>\n Erin:<\/strong> Yeah, but it\u2019s taken many years for it to fall into this natural rhythm. There\u2019s a lot that I\u2019m not as passionate about, like the business side of things is not as exciting to me as the creative side, but you have to have both. And it\u2019s hard for me to have a lot of different plates spinning. I get overwhelmed. I\u2019m good at focusing on the thing in front of me, and I think Sara\u2019s really great at reminding us to diversify and keep the train on the tracks. The writers room monopolizes a lot of my time, so I\u2019m really unable to be in a ton of meetings and fittings for Favorite Daughter and even development stuff for other shows. So she\u2019s really great about being able to lead the charge on that and be understanding when I have to be in the writers room.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n