Alia Shawkat: To this day I'll never open another script or side and it won't ever relate to opening an Arrested Development script. They just flow so differently and it's so much easier to read. It's like a different level. I'm spoiled to be able to read these scripts every day.
Alia Shawkat: (on Arrested Development) A laugh track would ruin the show. I would never, ever want it to be like that. But for Middle America they want the jokes where it's like 'ba-da-ba', and then the punchline, so they can take time to soak it in and still eat at the same time.
Alia Shawkat: (on FOX and Arrested Development's cancellation) I've never felt too good about FOX to tell you the truth. They're always keeping us on the edge. We never really know about anything. I never get too nervous because it's nothing too definite. I'm definitely not a big fan of them at the moment. They all say one thing to our face and then they're like, 'Oh, by the way, you're not really on the fall schedule'.