Jenna Fischer: My favorite on-screen moment has to be when John and I filmed our dinner scene on the roof during The Client. There was a very small crew up on the roof and they had the cameras really far away. There was a warm breeze and Rainn and Brian were off in the distance setting off really lame fireworks. The whole thing just felt magical. I also love anytime I get to do a party planning scene. Angela, Phyllis and Kate are all so funny. We laugh a lot during those scenes. They are so subtle and passive/aggressive. I love it! My favorite off-screen moment is probably our weekly viewing parties. We have such a great time watching the show together. We cheer for the writer and congratulate cast members for particularly funny bits in the show. Oh, runner-up for best off-screen moment would be how much John made us all laugh when we were filming The Fire. We had to stand outside in the heat for hours but he made us laugh by doing imitations of Angela getting carried away by a giant bug. It was pretty great.
Jenna Fischer: (about her career aspirations) Honestly it would be great to get to play Pam for a long, long time. I don't have real big aspirations to be a movie star. I would love to be on a long-running hit TV show. You end up playing a defining role.
Jenna Fischer: I wouldn't be where I am today if not for my husband James Gunn. He is the one who convinced me to quit my job as a secretary (ironically) and focus full-time on acting. I didn't totally believe I could make it, but he did. He supported us financially and supported me emotionally. He ran lines with me and coached me before countless auditions. He put up with my highs and lows. He was, and still is, my biggest cheerleader. And you need that out here.
Jenna Fischer: I had real potential. But my goal was to be... adequate. I didn't want to be an extraordinary receptionist, because I didn't ever want to be promoted, or be given more work. My time was really valuable to me. For example, I could type 80 words per minute, but I wouldn't tell people that, so when my boss would give me work, he would think it'd take two hours, but it would really only take about thirty minutes. So I'd have, like, ninety minutes of fun time. I got it all done, I just did it... real slow.
Jenna Fischer: I had this crazy job, though, when I first got to Los Angeles... I answered this ad in the back of the newspaper to be a telephone psychic, and I did that for two days. I called up this guy, and... this is how hard it was to get this job: He said, 'So, uh, do you feel intuitive from time to time?' And I was like, 'Yea, sure, I feel intuitive.' He said, 'Do you read Tarot cards?' And I said, 'I DO!' and I didn't.
Jenna Fischer: (on her favorite things to do) I just LOVE to watch TV. I wish I could say something really impressive like I love to read or hike but the truth is that most of the time I'm just sacked out on the couch watching shows or DVDs.
Jenna broke four bones in her back while appearing at an NBC event on May 14, 2007. She tripped while trying to climb stairs in high heels.
One of Jenna's favorite souvenirs from The Office, is the Dundie she got to keep The Dundies episode.
Jenna was chosen as one of People Magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful People in the World, in May 2007.
Jenna's first feature film was Blades of Glory featuring Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, and Will Arnett. The movie opened with $33 million dollars.
Jenna Fischer auditioned for the role of Sydney Bristow on Alias, but she was never called back.
Jenna Fischer and co-star Angela Kinsey came up with the main idea for the Women in The Workplace seminar in the Boys and Girls episode of The Office. The two were recalling the seminars they attended at previous jobs.
Jenna won a Women In Film's WIN Award for best actress in a comedy series on November 1, 2006.
Jenna appeared on the cover of the December issue of Alive Magazine, the magazine of her hometown of St. Louis.
Jenna was named one of Us Magazine's Hot Hollywood 2006.
Jenna has a younger sister named Emily.
Jenna's brother-in-law is Sean Gunn who plays Kirk on the Gilmore Girls.
Jenna's mother, Anne Fischer, and her younger sister, Emily, are both elementary school teachers.
Jenna is 5' 4?" (1.64 m) tall.
Jenna Fischer has two pets: a dog, Wesley, and a cat, Andy.
In 2004, Jenna Fischer won the Screen Actor's Guild Emerging Actor Award.
Jenna Fischer worked with Steve Carell, co-star of The Office, in the 2005 film The 40-Year-Old Virgin in an uncredited role.
Jenna's mother is Anne Fischer. When Jenna was a child, Anne served as her acting coach, giving her acting lessons.
As a child, Jenna Fischer was an avid dancer, even claiming in Inside TV magazine that she wanted to be a part of the next season of ABC's Dancing with the Stars.
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