The things the writers have me doing on ’Suburgatory’ are insane. I think they think it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.

In this remark, Hines jokes about the escalating absurdity of the situations written for her character on the TV comedy “Suburgatory.” By calling the writers’ ideas “insane,” she signals both the show’s heightened, farcical tone and the physical or social extremes actors may be asked to play for laughs. The line about “forgiveness than permission” frames the writers as gleefully pushing boundaries—handing an actor a wild script first and trusting that, once it works on screen, any hesitation will be overridden by the comedic payoff. It also hints at the collaborative tension in television production between creative ambition and an actor’s comfort or plausibility.