I started writing when I was trying to be an actor, and I happened to be friends with Tina Fey, who happened to have her show '30 Rock' coming out. So Tina, who happens to be a mentor to me, gave me my slot and hired me.

There's still only maybe three female writers or two female writers to 10 guys in any kind of writer's room.

No one ever actually said they were resistant because 'Pitch Perfect' was female-centric. When a project is sitting there for a while, you start to speculate about what could be the thing that might be a little tricky about it.

I was crazy poor, but I was learning and putting myself out there and getting hired to do whatever gig I could and auditioning.

You don't want money to make you a social freak where you can only hang out with rich people.

I have no deep desire to hit the pavement and audition for TV projects or raise money to produce a show.

You want to put out a TV show? If you have the money to do it on your own, by yourself, and you have a TV network, you can do it by yourself. But the nature of the beast is, art needs finance. That's how this industry works. So until the Internet becomes our source of entertainment - and watch it, I believe it will - this is how things go.

I feel like money is an interesting thing when you don't come from it.