The ice was broken long before the cameras started rolling at THR’s annual Comedy Actresses Emmy Roundtable at The Georgian Hotel. “Your cleavage is remarkable, and I mean that respectfully,” Keke Palmer (The ’Burbs) tells I Love LA’s Rachel Sennott, just as the conversation is set to begin. She adds, “You know fashion, head-to-toe. You’re that girl.” “You’re that girl, as well,” Sennott replies. It was a true convocation of those girls. Also present: ascendant Saturday Night Live player Ashley Padilla, returned sitcom queen Lisa Kudrow (The Comeback), network comedy savior Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) — she has thoughts on that label, by the way — and Hacks breakout Hannah Einbinder. Over the course of an hour, they all swapped stories about experiences in the industry that have amused, annoyed and flat-out shocked them.
What is the most amusing or interesting feedback that you’ve gotten trying out for a part?
RACHEL SENNOTT So, I did Accutane. Everyone probably knows because I talk about it every second of every day.
HANNAH EINBINDER She actually made it possible for me to do Accutane, and I just want to recognize the people who came before me.
KEKE PALMER And I did it before both of you.
