27 9 / 2011

"Emily was a longer search. We knew we needed someone who was smart, beautiful, and funny – all three of those things, like the legs of a stool. We kept finding actors who were two of those three things. You know, they’d be smart and beautiful but not funny, or funny and smart but not beautiful, or … well, you know the math. And then she walked in and she just was the character. She is smart and beautiful and funny and she’s slightly different. She’s just left of centre as an actress. It was just ideal. She has a magnificent vocal quality. We were really excited when we saw her. And then the two of them together, when they tested together, you just knew they had that thing you can’t count on, that little bit of chemistry."

Hart Hanson (on casting Emily Deschanel)

(Source: heartofscience, via twoboobsjohnson)