The former Saturday Night Live star plays as a fictionalized version of herself in Showtime’s Work in Progress.
“It’s the best way to work through stuff,” she added.
“You know when you meet people and you just love them immediately?

Julia Sweeney as Pat on ‘Workin in Progress’.SHOWTIME
That’s how I felt about Abby,” Sweeney said.
“It was like, ‘Oh yeah… you’re going to be in my life forever.
And I want you to be.’
And I was all for it.
It’s like, ‘Here’s somebody who can think through this with me.’
We have somewhat different views, but not too far off.
And so it was really just a joy, and I could tell all that in the first second.
I really could, and it has absolutely been that way.
A wonderful thing.”
“I love what they’ve written,” she said.
It’s been great, which is what good art, I think, is.
I think it’s not one thing.
And so it’s been a great joy for me, actually.
I would say overall, but it is also weird."