Question:  How did you identify with the character?  You couldn’t completely identify with her then how did you get into the role?

Heigl:  I identified with aspects of her, she was an extreme, but I’ve met and known women like her.  They have taken a back seat to what everyone else wants.  They don’t really go after their own happiness.  What I loved about Jane was the progression of her character.  She starts out just a doormat.  There are very clear and honest reasons for that, like her mother dieing when she was little, her relations with her sister, and you understand why she doesn’t go after George.  She’s his assistant, she works for him, and it would be unprofessional.  At the same time it’s easier than proclaiming your love for somebody and being turned down.  She’s sort of chosen the path of least resistance for herself. It ends up hurting her.  By the end of the movie there is that dramatic scene where she ruins her sister’s wedding.  She is able to break the habit of it and find happiness for herself.  She makes that a priority and I liked that part.

Question:  What do you think is the secret to a great relationship?

Heigl:  I think laughter and communication.  That is what really works for Josh [Kelley] and me. 

Burns:  I think it’s separate bathrooms. 

Heigl:  That too.

Burns:  It’s very important.

Question:  Have you experienced unrequited love like your character had?

Heigl:  I haven’t really, no.

Burns:  On the set of this film.

Question:  Can you talk about how romantic you are and what romance means to you?  Is it flowers or something simpler?

Burns:  Yeah, on a scale of 1 to 10 I’m probably a 7.  I’m fairly romantic with flowers, wine, and bubble bath maybe if the mood strikes me.  No, I guess I’m relatively romantic.

Question:  Well, she’s still around so obviously you are doing something right.

Burns:  That she is, yes.

Heigl:  I’m not terribly sentimental.  I have my moments, but generally speaking I shy away from being too lovey dovey.  I don’t know why, I must have issues that I probably need to address. I think Josh’s biggest complaint is that when he’s on tour, and we are talking on the phone, I’m like ‘Yeah, I love you too.’  I’m not going to be like ‘I miss you so much and I love you!’  I just can’t, it’s just not my thing, but I definitely try on special occasions or just spontaneously, to do something really special for him.  That can be as simple as making dinner or tickling his back.  I don’t make big grand gestures generally.  Maybe I should.

Burns:  Bubble bath?

Heigl:  I didn’t want to say something else. 

Burns:  You got to tickle him.

Question:  If the Writers Guild does not grant the waiver for the Emmy show, have you given any thought to whether you will cross the picket line to do the show?

Heigl:  I suppose it would depend on who else would cross.  I’m going to get in trouble, no, I’ve been asked by my guild not to cross the picket line and I have to respect that.  I would be really uncomfortable doing that because I think it makes a really big statement that I’m not sure I want to make.  The reality is that I really, really, really want to go.  I hope they get the waiver because I think it’s just an awesome fun night to celebrate.  I think that this community deserves that once a year…or 14 times a year.  There are like 14 different award ceremonies now.  It’s the most special though.

Question:  Ed your character is just about perfect.  They guy loves dogs, he’s got his own business, are there guys like that out there?  Do you know any?

Burns: The perfect guy, you start with ‘loves dogs’.  [Laughs]  No, there aren’t any guys like this.  It was a little bit like playing a cartoon.  He’s a caricature of some kind of perfect guy.  Yeah, they do not exist.

Question:  Ed, you said that directing is harder work.  Can you talk about that a little bit more?  Is acting not a big challenge?

Burns:  No, no acting is a challenge.  Playing George is not necessarily a challenge.  He is there to serve the story, so my job in this film, is to listen to Anne Fletcher, our director, and make sure that he’s a version of any straight man.  The hijinx surrounds him, my role is to play it straight.  It’s a great pleasure when you get to play the lead and you aren’t just the girlfriend.  In this case I’m the girlfriend and you do your job.  In this case, this was an easier role than some others.  Certainly directing a film is tougher than putting on George’s suit and hair, then hitting your marks.

Heigl:  It was pretty hard for you to hit your marks though.

Burns:  I was drunk everyday on the set.

Question:  Is your sister older or younger than you?

Heigl:  She’s older.  Way older.  No, I’m just kidding.

Question:  How do you work your hectic schedule and then also what about the coincidence that the character name is George?

Heigl:  I know.

Question:  Is it tricky?  How did you do it?

Heigl:  I don’t know.  It’s really funny because Anne Fletcher said to me five weeks into filming ‘Maybe we should change George’s name.’  Because this whole season is going to be me and T.R. [Knight] and George and Izzie, so it’s kind of weird. I said ‘You know if it were T.R. playing this role I would say yeah, change the name.  Since its not, we can work with it, and it’s totally fine.’  It’s just been a very whirlwind year of work.  That’s been really exciting.  I spent enough years napping a lot, doing nothing but watching ‘Survivor’, so I’ve kind of reserved energy.  I’m good. 

Question:  I love the scene where you sing ‘Bennie and the Jets’.  I just wondered if you talked about doing that with him?  It was great fun.

Heigl:  It’s my favorite scene, it was the most fun to film, and one of those great fantasy fulfillment moments.  There is no way in hell I would ever do such a thing, or get drunk enough to do such a thing.  It was so fun to actually get to be that person for that day of filming.  Jimmy [Marsden] is just stupid funny so it made it really easy to play off of him.  The only problem is that he can actually sing.  He has a really great voice, which I thought was a really unfair advantage.  I asked him to please work to sing badly, so that I didn’t look like such an idiot.  It was a really long day but it never got old.  Take after take it was just the most fun to do.  Along with the scene with Ed [whispers something]. 

Burns:  Tough work.

Question:  We think he’s a keeper.

Heigl:  Thank you, I agree, I was really behind it, but you know.

Question:  What shoes are you wearing?

Heigl:  Jimmy Choo. 

Question:  Are they your own?

Heigl:  No, no borrowed.  I have to give them back.

Question:  Did you make up the lyrics when you were messing around with the song?

Heigl:  No, they wrote them like that and I think James had a little bit to do with influencing how that would happen.  For me I was like ‘These aren’t them are they?  These are the lyrics.’  Somebody this morning brought in the actual lyrics and they make even less sense. 

Question:  With apologies to Elton John.

Heigl:  Yeah, I was like ‘We should call him, he has some hidden meanings in this that we don’t know.