Coming out of the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour, I have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to interviews I'm catching up on posting. One such example is the following chat with the always delightful Alison Brie . This interview was conducted a couple of weeks ago, just as production had finished on the Season 3 premiere of Community – Keep that in mind, as they're now obviously a couple of episodes further along in production than when we spoke.

Brie and I talked about new recurring cast members John Goodman and Michael K. Williams , whether Abed and Annie could become a "thing" and how Brie spent her summer vacation (Answer: Working!).

Amazing! Exhausting as usual. I think we always forget how daunting the schedule is, and then once a week goes by, we're like, "Oh, yeah!" We romanticize the show and it's as amazing as we say, but then we get back and go, "Oh, yeah, and it's a lot of work."

Ken Jeong and Donald Glover Talk Community: Season 3

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It is! And it's incredible, everybody's amazing... and it's a lot of work.Absolutely! We're so proud of the work, we couldn't be happier to do the work.... but it's still a lot of work! [Laughs]I've worked with Mr. Williams, and he's incredible. I mean, such a talented actor. I actually haven't watched The Wire… Shhh! But it's on my Netflix, and I'm a big Boardwalk Empire fan, so I'm still intimidated by him when I see him on set. But he's so nice. He's been great.John Goodman, I am just so thrilled that we got him on the show. I have yet to work with him so I'm just waiting. I've heard that he's very nice. God, I'm such a fan of his. Raising Arizona, Big Lebowski... Amazing. I'm just so thrilled we have such a good actor.You know, I think it's something that we're going to address right away. I think that this season Pierce will be less of a villain working against the group. Because now that we have John Goodman, he's going to kind of take over that role of being the villain. So I think that it's looking optimistic for Pierce.No, I haven't heard anything! I'm excited!

Community at Comic-Con: Season 3 Info

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Some people do float ideas, but I never do. I'm always just like, "I'm game for whatever," and I wait for him to tell me!Thank you! I was so glad to finally be more a part of the paintball episode because the first year I got taken out pretty early.I was! It was full force!Amazing! It was incredible. And it was almost like I had proved it to myself – Like, oh, I'm capable of doing this! It was incredible to feel like you were in an action/western/Tarantino movie.

Continue to Page 2 to see what Brie had to say about Annie & Abed shippers, the two movies she shot this summer and more.