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His friend Jennifer Grey got him the part without his having to audition.

There’s a point in the show when I leave my mom and she says, “Don’t leave me here,” and I leave her and go to an audition.

Nuñez remembers when he auditioned for “The Office” as “a good actor’s day,” and believes that his time at the Groundlings doing improv gave him a leg up that day.

“After auditioning countless other boys, Andrew and Cooper were at the top of my list. … They were electric.”

Still, they supported her ambitions, schlepping her to and from auditions and performances, and their creative natures helped her to see that a career in the arts “wasn’t off-limits,” she said.