Community - Yvette Nicole Sheridan Interview

Thank to Lena for the heads up.

Have any of the running gags from the show become a part of your everyday life? Has Shirley's "That's nice!", for instance, become your standard reaction to pleasant situations, too?

I tell you a secret: Shirley's "That's nice" is actually my "That's nice"! I said it the first time in the pilot. I didn't know they were filming and Joel McHale did something that I, Yvette, thought was really nice. And so I, Yvette, said "That's nice" and the camera was rolling and caught it. So that's actually something I say myself. And it just became part of Shirley's vernacular, sometimes it's scripted when I say it, but most of the time it's not. They give me freedom to say it every time I feel something is nice. That's why I say it so often.

Let's talk about Shirley's friendship with Jeff: it has grown a lot stronger since they bonded over their childhood memories in the foosball episode. Do we get to see more of this pairing in the future?

The third season shows a lot more about Jeff and Shirley's relationship, I think there are maybe four or five episodes in total when you get to see them hanging out and exclusively working together which I think is great. I really enjoy working with Joel McHale and I think that the relationship you see between Jeff and Shirley really mirrors my friendship with Joel McHale. We're like brother and sister, we pick on each other and joke with each other, so it's kind of the same energy and it's great that it's captured on film.

Source: Full Interview @ MyFanbase