The 'Orange Is the New Black' actress, who stars in the upcoming Netflix comedy 'The Residence,' reflects on being a toddler mom in an exclusive interview with Parade.
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00:00I don't know, to be honest with you. I've been doing drama for the last couple years.
00:09I'm not quite sure, but it was really nice to get back into a comedic suit,
00:15which I don't feel like I've necessarily been doing recently. So that was great. It was great.
00:22Listen, Cordelia doesn't suffer fools. Cordelia Cupp, that's my character. She does not suffer fools.
00:28She is very to the point, direct. She finds nothing funny about where the circumstance she finds herself
00:38for being here in the White House. And she's very straight to the point with most people,
00:48but in a sort of funny way.
00:51There is no place like this place. It is bigger than you.
00:57Damien, the house is literally bigger than me because that seems obvious.
01:02This could be someone from the staff. It could be a guest. It could be anybody.
01:06This is a disaster.
01:07Are you suggesting that they had something to do with it?
01:10Is he a suspect?
01:11No.
01:12Is he not a suspect because he's not a suspect, or is he not a suspect because you don't believe in suspects?
01:16Yes.
01:17Oh my goodness. That production design, Francois, our designer, did an incredible job. He is amazing.
01:25It did. Really, honestly, we would be in there, and it was breathtaking.
01:29We were on, I think, 11 stages, 13 stages, something like that.
01:34And it was so elaborate, so well-detailed, so gorgeous.
01:41You felt like you were in the White House.
01:43At the beginning, the first couple of days walking on, you kind of didn't want to sit down
01:49because it felt like you were being disrespectful in the White House, and then you're like,
01:53oh wait, this isn't real. But it was amazing.
01:56The White House actually wound up feeling like another character on the show, which was amazing.
02:01But it was amazing. It was great.
02:03We need to train carefully here.
02:06This is the White House.
02:07Did anything unusual happen?
02:09Other than my boss dying?
02:10Other than that, yes.
02:11It's been great. I'm just entering the toddler year, so she just started walking.
02:16She just started talking, and that's been amazing.
02:20It feels like a doll coming to life.
02:24I'm not joking.
02:26I see where the inspiration for Shaki came.
02:31No, it's amazing. It's amazing.
02:33It's the best thing that's ever happened to me.
02:35I love her so much. She's such a light in my life.
02:38And my greatest gift that I feel that I could give her is showing her how to be a full and complete woman in the world
02:47and do everything that she wants to, aspires to be, and to find that and make her happy.