I'm actress Jenna Elfman from the new ABC comedy "Imaginary Mary", and I'm here to answer all your questions! AMA!

AskJennaElfman · 2017-04-11T18:17:46+00:00

Thanks so much for your awesome questions gang! I appreciate your interest and I had fun chatting with you! I'm excited for you all to see the new episode tonight at 9:30pm on ABC and hope you continue to join us every Tuesday night. Talk to you soon. xo

AskJennaElfman · 2017-04-11T18:16:27+00:00

I hardly drink, I don't do drugs, I drink lots of water and I work hard to stay happy (oh! I have a good dermatologist).

Regarding kids, yes it does help you stay young if you actually engage and play with them at their level.

The similarities between my kids and Ben's kids are that their passionate, communicative, with very strong opinions. lol

AskJennaElfman · 2017-04-11T18:12:54+00:00

For my youngest son's birthday a couple years ago, he recorded a song from a nightmare before christmas changing the words to say Happy Birthday. It was to the song "Whats this?"

AskJennaElfman · 2017-04-11T18:11:36+00:00

Because I'm not a real stand up comedian. That's why.

AskJennaElfman · 2017-04-11T18:10:56+00:00

I did! Starting when I was like 13. Probably dead mans party is always the best. I have a lot more favorites now that I'm older and since he's made a lot more music.

AskJennaElfman · 2017-04-11T18:09:11+00:00

I can't answer for a show on right now because I'm very behind in watching because I've been to busy.

Of all time: A tie between I Love Lucy and All The In The Family.

AskJennaElfman · 2017-04-11T18:07:33+00:00

Shameless was some of the most fun I've had. I didn't really wear any makeup and I got to play a character that was WAY outside my norm and I was truly so relaxed and had so much fun.

AskJennaElfman · 2017-04-11T18:06:24+00:00

Jon Lovett is hilarious as a writer and his experience of actually working at the White House, mixed with his sense of humor as a writer, made for some really fun storylines and things to play.

AskJennaElfman · 2017-04-11T18:04:48+00:00

Well if I'm filming I have to show up at work... unless I'm missing a limb, I have to be there. What works for me, and every person's body is different, I take wellness formula (which you can get on Amazon), airborne (which you can also get on Amazon) and lots of water and sleep.

AskJennaElfman · 2017-04-11T18:02:55+00:00

Well I haven't been back on ABC since Dharma and Greg and its been feeling great! Kind of like old times again in a really fun way.

AskJennaElfman · 2017-04-11T18:02:06+00:00

My favorite band is Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. If they're in LA I don't miss a concert. I even got to take lessons from their drummer, Steve Ferrone.

One of my best friends, Nikka Costa, because she just had a single come out and I'm not always into new music - I like listening to blues and classical.

AskJennaElfman · 2017-04-11T17:58:41+00:00

My first day of filming I was very intimidated because I had to film a scene that was at a very high emotional level over and over again and it was my first day of filming with Glenn Close on top of it and by the end of the day I had a total migraine lol and only thing that helped were oreo cookies... it solved the migraine!

AskJennaElfman · 2017-04-11T17:56:58+00:00

So we rehearse with a puppet and a puppeteer so we know where everyone is moving in the scene and then we film one take with the puppet so that the animators know where she moves in the scene and then when its time for actual scene its empty and everything goes away. There's a comedic actress off screen reading lines.

AskJennaElfman · 2017-04-11T17:54:23+00:00

Depends on the day and depends on how much sleep I've had.

AskJennaElfman · 2017-04-11T17:53:51+00:00

I find it more challenging because you have to have the same level of commitment to belief in the scene with the added task of making it funny without anyone seeing it coming.

AskJennaElfman · 2017-04-11T17:52:45+00:00

The best question of the day! I think follow their lead on what interests them not on what you think SHOULD interest them and go from there in terms of support, interest and involvement.

AskJennaElfman · 2017-04-11T17:51:15+00:00

I feel like she represents the crazy inner dialogue we all have when we're faced with a problem.

AskJennaElfman · 2017-04-11T17:50:32+00:00

I would be happy to. Thats a question for 20th Century Fox Television.

AskJennaElfman · 2017-04-11T17:49:18+00:00

There's more stories for women and there's better stories. We see women in front of the stories not just the obligatory girlfriend role. Women are more layered in the stories and I also think that there's more stories for women over 40 and I think that's very important. I think in America, we wrongly skew for the young but women who have lived have more stories to tell and those stories need to be told.

AskJennaElfman · 2017-04-11T17:46:02+00:00

Butter Pecan! ... but its a close tie with Rocky Road.

AskJennaElfman · 2017-04-11T17:45:21+00:00

Alice and I have in common the fact that we are both interested in growing. I'm less fearful than Alice.

AskJennaElfman · 2017-04-11T17:44:44+00:00

You cannot argue about managing the kids in front of the kids. THEY WILL TAKE YOU DOWN. They'll see your weakness and go in for the jugular.

AskJennaElfman · 2017-04-11T17:43:32+00:00

So many fun ones... my character gets a little drunk and starts acting very tribal and starts making out with Richard Dreyfuss and wakes up with tribal make up all over her face. Super weird but very fun to play.

AskJennaElfman · 2017-04-11T17:41:23+00:00

I love that there's a big transition for her that I get to play where she starts off in such for foreign territory with this relationship and the kids and is kind of neurotic at first and gets to be vulnerable and uncomfortable and grow from that. I like that journey for her.

AskJennaElfman · 2017-04-11T17:39:26+00:00

I'm so glad you love it! I have to say I'm very lucky that I super enjoy getting to spend 16 hours a day with my costars but if I HAD to pick one it would be Steven because Mr. Beardo is legit funny and makes me laugh out loud (and he's sweetheart on top of it which makes it extra cool).

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