Was it because of [30 Rock star] Jane Krakowski?
Yes, but not directly. But my association with Jane brought me to the attention of [30 Rock creator/producer/star Tina Fey]. I don’t think Jane called and said, “You gotta get Cheyenne!” but Jane and I had done the Xanadu workshop together and we’d done Damn Yankees at Encores! Tina had seen both of those things, but I think it was at Damn Yankees that she really noticed me. She said she liked my “big old-fashioned face.” I’ll take it, Tina Fey! Yes, that’s a compliment worth taking. The fact that I was even in Tina’s consciousness at all was baffling and exciting on every level. When they called and told me a little about the character, they said, “We just want to gauge your interest on this.” And I screamed, “My interest is high!” I still had to audition and jump through the hoops and all the bigwigs at NBC had to sign off on me. It’s my feeling that they probably wanted somebody more famous because it’s a great juicy part with a lot of episodes, but I think Tina really gets me. I’m
