“I remember them likening us toThree’s Company,” recallsJohnny Galecki.
“First of all, your math is off.
And based on what?
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That Kaley is blonde?
It went from those absurd similarities to the newFriends.
Oh, that was quick!
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But we’ll take it.”
International stars
Jim Parsonsremembers the first international publicity tour they took in Mexico.
“It was for publicity for Warner Bros.
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I really thought they were trying to be nice by saying, ‘oh, you are the No.
1 show in Mexico.’
We hadn’t experienced that before, the rush of people and photographers.
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The next day we were on the cover of the paper.”
Life-changing
“Whatever ends up happening to us, this is life-altering,” says Parsons.
Taking care
“We all care so much,” saysKunal Nayyar(Raj).
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“We want to get it right.”
Frankly speaking
“It will never be fully eclipsed,” says Galecki.
“We will always be associated with one another.
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It’s such an incredibly unique experience that only the seven of us can really understand having.
you might talk about the cast ofFriends, but this is different in its own way.
There is no one else but this circle of seven that can even pretend to relate.”
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“We didn’t wake up in season 3 and think this show is going on forever.
We’ve never spoken that way.
Even when we renegotiate and get new seasons, we can never believe it.”
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I had a real strong sense she’d be back."
It felt like a band you had been playing with for years.
It felt very rhythmic, very musical.
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Comedy always is, I suppose.
I remember Kunal doing something I hadn’t predicted at the table read.
It changed just by a minute degree.
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But it just worked better.
That seemed to be the case with everybody around the table.
Then Kunal asked to borrow money.
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I thought that was odd.
I only remember that because he hasn’t paid me back."
Hitmaker
Executive producerChuck Lorreclaps the board one last time on the final night of taping.
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“What do you do?
These characters are so a part of each other’s lives!
Even a spin-off with two, you’d be like, what happened to the other five?
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Did they all die in the elevator?”
Gold medalist
A slipper-wearing Mayim Bialik is spotted in between takes for the series finale.
Yes, she’s wearing that tiara!
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“We didn’t wake up in season 3 and think this show is going on forever.
We’ve never spoken that way.
Even when we renegotiate and get new seasons, we can never believe it.”
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Showstopper
“We love it.
We are grateful for it,” Parsons says of the sitcom.
It’s just too profound."
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“No matter what I do after this.
This is what made us who we are.
We were here for 12 years.
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This is a big part of our career.”
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