And they also manage to cast the best guest stars on this show! They are just amazing, and work very well with the rest of us.
As far as the reaping of souls, she now views her job the way the other Reapers do: It's a job, you do it and it's done, so there you go.
But she's also a lot more confident now in who she is and what her job is, and she is becoming more of a woman and more sure of her sexuality.
Early in last season, George was very worried about other people's emotions, especially how they saw her, and felt she was outside looking in. This year, she still hopes people will accept her for who she is, but if they don't, she's OK with that.
Ever since I was a little kid, whenever my parents would have company over, I would put on shows, whether they would be magic shows, singing shows, dancing shows, little skits.
First, I used some of my own experiences and observations from attending a public high school. Secondly, I joined in some Internet chat rooms for gays and lesbians.
I find that the majority of the actors I've worked with are extremely sensitive people and very spontaneous people. That's why I always say I'll never date an actor, because they're in love with you one day and the next day they're not.
I hope the film will help mothers and fathers to be aware that 15 is a very vulnerable age.
I prefer not to say the score, but I'm also a member of Intertel, which is one step above Mensa.
I race cars. I went to the Skip Barber school. I've been into cars since I was about 13, but I never went to school for it until a year and a half ago. I do the Formula 3s with the Dodge engine.
I went through that phase. But it's different for George because we have different family dynamics. Her background is really different from mine.
I'd hope to reach any kid who feels apart from the group - those who seem to be outsiders, who feel different. Kids who want to reach their parents often don't know how to do so.
I'd like to think that the film would encourage parents to talk with their kids, have dinner with their kids, accept their kids for who they are.
I'm playing George quite a bit differently this season, and I'm glad you picked up on the fact that she kind of made peace with her situation at the end of last season.
If I did anything 'next,' I would do writing.
It was something she didn't want me to do because she thought the rejection would ruin my self-esteem. My father was, like, 'If she wants to try it, let her try it.'
Oddly, because she has that confidence, the people around her like her more. She becomes more a part of the Reaper family, and she also is able to get along with people more outside of their circle as well.
Oh, she didn't schlep me. I schlepped her, actually. I was the one who wanted to be an actress.
Oh, she just happened to be a friend of the producer's. Or, oh, they've been trying to get her from the beginning and she just had a spot open up. There are always little loopholes, so I don't take anything personally anymore.
Parents often don't know what's going on with their teens, who may do things that are very dangerous if they feel they can't talk with their parents.
She completely isolated herself from her family her whole life. This season, we actually get into why that happened.
Some of the people were really helpful. I asked questions that had to do with Jane's life, such as how their parents reacted. Finally, I read resources from the public library on gays and lesbians and asked questions of the scriptwriter for the play. She was especially helpful.
The fact that she's the only one of the team who can actually see the Gravelings means that she gets a kind of head's up as far as which person around her is about to die.
There were times when there were parts that I was sure I got and then I didn't, and I did get upset. But at this point, it doesn't affect me in the least because I know how the business works.
Things that go on at Happy Times are very funny this year, and if you were watching last year, some of the people you saw then as basically extras emerge as real characters in their own right this season, at least to some degree.
This season is a lot funnier, not as dark, mainly because, well, she has accepted the fact that she is dead. She knows she cannot go back to where she was when she was alive.
'What do you really think happens after you die?' That's the question that everyone, everyone, everyone asks. And I'm so sick of it. But my true answer is, I don't know. And there's no way I'm going to find out 'til it happens.
In 2004, Ellen won the "Best Newcomer" category for the SFX Readers Choice Awards.
Ellen was nominated in the 2004 Satellite Awards for “Best Actress” for her work on the television show, Dead Like Me.
Ellen has a hobby of racing cars.
Ellen won an award for “Best Supporting Actress” for her work on the movie, Delores Claiborne, at the Tokyo Film Festival.
Stage Performances: Nine Armenians: New York City My Good Name: Seattle
Ellen has a soft spot for cats. Burmese cats in particular, as she collects them.
Ellen is 5' 3" tall.
She adores cats so she has 9 (Six Burmese, 2 Siamese Apple heads and 1 Munchkin)
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