Life Imitates Art

It was only four years ago that I was sitting in a classroom at New York University, taking a sitcom writing workshop. Yes, I've been a writer my whole life. It was my escape from the insane world that I lived in, into my world of fiction. Growing up, I used to write poetry, short stories, and it was me who aced every term paper I ever had.

But then suddenly, after college, I had an epiphany, and it was almost as if that little light bulb went on inside my head, and everything came to a screeching halt - my family is as nutty as the clan on Arrested Development (if not nuttier), my friends as funny as the real Friends (if not funnier), and my relationships far worse than any Sex And The City episode (if not more dysfunctional) - and then it hit me - I should be a sitcom writer. After four years of college and thousands of dollars later, why haven't I ever thought of this before?

While interning part time at ABC right after college, I knew that I had to do something. I had a passion. I had a dream. And so I took countless sitcom writing workshops at New York University. I even took a "Writing for Saturday Live Class." Yes, there is such a thing, and yes, it was pretty cool.

So I, of course, based every single character on my real life friends and family. And when my classmates loved my work as we laughed uproariously doing table reads in class, and I realized that I could really be on to something here. It makes me think that maybe, just maybe, this could actually happen for me one day. And if it does, who in the world would play my crazy family and friends? After thinking it over, and over, and over, here's my list of A-listers who have made MY list, should my life become a sitcom or movie...


My heartbreakingly hilarious grandma would be played by Estelle Hariss, best known as George Costanza's mother on Seinfeld




My father who never says a word would be played by the ever so handsome Peter Gallagher





My overbearing Jewish mother would be played by one of my all time favorite comedienne's, Curb Your Enthusiasm's loud mouth Susie Essman





And now my two best friends - the socialite of the club scene, also known as the queen bee, would be played by the beautiful Kristin Bell





And the clueless one who never comes out of the house, the one who is always sick or just thinks she is, would be played by the very funny and one of my favorites, Anna Faris





My best guy friend, who is ridiculously funny and does things that most likely wouldn't even be allowed on television, would be played by the brilliant Jason Segel






And the part of yours truly, me, would be played by the beautiful and charming Anne Hathaway.









Who would U pick to play the parts of the people in your life, if it were to come to the big screen?