Rashida Jones Breaks Down Her Career – from 'The Office' to 'Parks and Rec' and Her New Show 'Sunny'

🔔Subscribe for more like this:    / @guy_raz   ☝Watch next:    • Rainn Wilson On His Awkward Youth, Dwight ...   Rashida Jones is an actor, writer, and filmmaker best known for her work on ‘The Office’ and ‘Parks and Recreation’. She sits down with Guy to talk about growing up with dreams of becoming President, how acting saved her during a bout of depression in college, how becoming a parent and losing her own mother has changed the way she approaches creative work, and much more. Rashida stars in ‘Sunny’ on Apple TV+, out July 10: https://tv.apple.com/us/show/sunny/um... Listen to this episode on the go: 🟣Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... 🟢Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5sG3HVT... (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:17) - Her childhood aspirations (00:04:36) - On academics and acting (00:11:10) - Almost quitting acting before her big break (00:13:24) - The Office (00:19:53) - Playing Ann Perkins on Parks and Recreation (00:25:16) - Directing a Sara Bareilles music video (00:34:57) - Losing her mom and giving birth (00:38:04) - Her new show ‘Sunny’ on Apple TV+ (00:42:43) - How parenthood changed her values and ambitions Mentioned in this episode: • Rashida on “Freaks and Geeks”    • Freaks and Geeks - Karen   • Quincy on Netflix https://shorturl.at/bMvu4 • The Parks and Rec Cast Breaking for 9 minutes 38 seconds Straight    • the parks cast breaking for 9 minutes 38 s...   • Rashida showing off her dance skills on IG   / c192jnsjjky   • Sunny on Apple TV+ https://tv.apple.com/us/show/sunny/um... Connect with Rashida: • 📸Instagram:   / rashidajones   Connect with us: •💻Website: TheGreatCreators.com •📸Instagram:   / thegreatcreatorspodcast   and   / guy.raz   • 🎵TikTok:   / guyraz