Quinta Brunson on the challenges of being a public figure: “I know that I exist for my own life. But when you become a public figure, you become something for people to talk about.”
’s voice is hoarse. The days of pre-award festivities leading up to the Sept. 12 ceremony were frantic, starting with’s Showrunners Dinner . Then came the Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony in downtown Los Angeles, the Governors Gala and Disney’s post-Emmy celebration, which spilled into the next day. Something had to give., her creative voice is clear and strong., she’s back on Warner Bros.’ Burbank lot, about to take part in a table read and start production on a new episode of the hit ABC comedy.
As she sips water to soothe her voice after a weekend of cheering for the show and chatting with friends, fans, colleagues and idols, Brunson muses that she’s nevertheless ready to strip off her Emmy fingernails and suit up as Janine Teagues, the cheerful, modest elementary school teacher she plays on the show, set in a Philadelphia public elementary school.
What they will see is a more expansive view of the “Abbott” world, including more peripheral characters in the school, new relatives of main characters and peeks into their homes and personal lives. Brunson speaks with confidence about her plans for the couple. “For Janine and Gregory, they actually get to be work colleagues who do the exact same thing and want to do it well,” she says. “We get excited writing little situations for them that have nothing to do with love. We all know the attraction is there … and you get to have moments that mean nothing to our characters but everything to our audience. I’m just pumped about them.
“It all comes from us just trying to drive our characters, trying to bring the realism of the situation into [their stories],” she says. “So it’s amazing that in doing that, we get to highlight what teachers go through, what their issues are. Sometimes I don’t see the impact until I hear it. It’s really rewarding to feel that way and makes me even more inspired by our actors and by Randall Einhorn, who directs a lot of our show.
“From our perspective, Quinta is a brilliant writer who happens to also be an incredible performer,” Halpern says. “Her brain works in the way that a writer’s brain works.” Schumacker notes that Brunson hadn’t planned to be in “Abbott” at first, and wanted to focus on Ralph’s character as the lead. “I knew how to structure a script, but he taught me the art behind doing it for network television,” she says. “Figuring out what your timing is, according to the platform you’re on and the act breaks you have. That’s stuff I learned from Larry, 100%.”
Brunson admits she has a bit of a complicated relationship these days with the internet, where — coincidentally — she first made a name for herself, producing videos for YouTube and BuzzFeed. At this very moment, as a matter of fact, she’s right in the middle of a trending topic as commenters criticize Kimmel over his Emmy shtick.“The internet is doing its own thing in defense of me and I’m like, ‘Oh, my God,’” she says. “It’s a whole beast. I used to be in it, very inundated in it.
That wasn’t the only hot topic for Brunson fans coming out of her Emmy night speech. Among the loved ones she thanked was her husband of a year and a half, Kevin Jay Anik. For many, this was the first time they learned that Brunson had a spouse.
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