that's not my normal character, but it was a little liam gallagher-esque and i decide to try to powereginning of the season, which actually mirrors that i had one of my knee replacements collapse last summer before we shot. and i was in a panic, and i found out that they were gonna have to completely redo it so they wrote it in the show, and they basically said, "paula, this is the most on-character thing" for this lesbian dentist that i play, that i have a knee replacement. [ laughter ] so it was the kind of sexy story line that goes with my character. >> seth: you did some very subtle face acting, and i know this is a thing that you have perfected over the years and i would love to show it to maybe some of the younger thespians out there. >> you know, my best friend, james anderson, who, you know, has written every funny thing you've ever seen on "saturday night live." he and i used to, in college, do a journey where we would go from one thing to another, but we had to take our time we had to really take our time with our facial journey. >> seth: so, why don't you go over there to c

who has a better musical output noËl or liam gallagher? >> no will.think the best moments of oasis tend to be don't look back and anger, he sings the chorus. when noelle sings, i prefer it. he is also the songwriter. it is a very easy sound for me. somebody asks, did i work in akron, ohio in the 90s? what are some of my memories of akron? >> i did. i worked at the journal from 19 98 to 2002. i have many friends there. it was an interesting middle period of my life. that is when i wrote one of my novels. it was in the apartment in the valley of akron, ohio. one thing that i really remember is going to a chinese restaurant called the platinum dragon. it was so bizarre to move to new york. i moved to new york after i lived in akron. i lived in new york for 15 years. i am in portland now. it will always be my favorite cities in a lot of ways. new york is so unlike the rest of america. i really underrated how different new york was from the rest of the country. here is the crazy thing, why was the chinese food better in akron, ohio? i will never understand

it's who is a better post oasis musical output noel or liam gallagher. i would say no, but i thought no i'd better output when it oasis was together. i think the best moments of oasis and who i love tend to be like like don't look back in anger or when he sings the chorus on acquiesce like a lot like when no things i preferred and he's also the songwriter and so so it's really easy sad for me to take um okay. somebody asked me did i work in akron, ohio in the 90s and what are some of my memories of akron i did i worked at the akron beacon journal from 1998 to 2002 the you know, i have many, you know many friends there and and you know kind of interesting middle period of my life that's when i wrote farther rock city and a lot of sex drugs and cocoa puffs was in this apartment in in the the merriman valley of akron ohio one thing i really remember is going to a chinese restaurant called the platinum dragon. it was so bizarre to move to new york's i moved to new york after i lived in akron and you know, i lived in new york for 15 years, you know, i'm in po