Alia Shawkat

We're not going to dumb down for them. They have to move up. They're the network and we're the show.

I think for a girl to be strong, it doesn't have to involve being physically strong.

I was born and grew up in Palm Springs. It's a great place to grow up, a real small town.

I like involved projects. I'm driven by the idea of characters and the song-cycle form is similar to a musical.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.