According to The Hollywood Reporter, Abbott Elementary’s Lisa Ann Walter (Bruce Almighty, The Parent Trap) states that the series being renewed for fourth season is the first time she has felt safe in her acting career. The actress was interviewed by People Magazine here she talked about her career in acting as well as the ABC series Abbott Elementary.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, in the interview, Walter explained that “Just because you’re in a movie doesn’t mean you’re rich. I wasn’t a star. I was the woman that made you cry in The Parent Trap, and you’re still looking for a job the next week. So honestly, feeling safe? The season four pickup of Abbott.”
Abbott Elementary is a mockumentary comedy that follows a group of passionate teachers and their not-as-passionate principal at a Philadelphia public school. Although the odds are against them, the teachers are determined to make sure their students succeed.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, while speaking about the series and her role as Melissa Schemmenti, Walter explained how the series helped her out. The sitcom allowed her to be able to take a family trip to Italy last summer with her four children.
Walter said, “I had not been able to afford taking my kids on a vacation outside of taking them to the San Diego Zoo, or to go skiing locally. This was the first time I was able to have everybody go on a trip.”
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Walter who has appeared in many films and series stated that, “never felt like I was on rock solid, like, ‘I got this now. I could relax.’ Even when I did movies, it’s like, our job is just a job and then it stops.”
She continued, “Maybe that’s because I don’t have as many years left. And that’s the thing I just say, ‘You just can’t quit.’ You don’t know when your moment’s going to happen. You just can’t give up. You have to get out of your own way and just do that thing.”
Walter can be caught teaching her students math on Abbott Elementary available to stream on Hulu.