Rashida Jones Almost Gave Up on Acting Before Her Big Break on ‘The Office’

 
 

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Rashida Jones is an actor, writer, and filmmaker best known for her work on ‘The Office’ and ‘Parks and Recreation’. She sits down with Guy to talk about growing up with dreams of being the President, how acting saved her during a bout of depression in college, and almost quitting acting right before the biggest break of her career. Plus, how becoming a parent and losing her own mother has changed the way she sees her work.

Rashida stars in ‘Sunny’ on Apple TV+, out July 10: https://tv.apple.com/us/show/sunny/umc.cmc.7c5t9dde8dxoaxwyl5rkuw38p

Links from the Show

01. Rashida on “Freaks and Geeks”

02. Quincy on Netflix

03. The Parks and Rec Cast Breaking for 9 minutes 38 seconds Straight

04. Rashida showing off her dance skills on IG

05. Sunny on Apple TV+

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