ON “Y&R’s” EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, JILL FARREN PHELPS

“She’s been wonderfully warm and just seems like a lovely person. I think I’ve really lucked out to be coming along when there’s such a powerful and accomplished producer on board.”

ON KELLY’S FORMER PORTRAYER, CYNTHIA WATROS

“She [was] so kind and really just made herself available if I had any questions about the character. I don’t know, but I would imagine that it will be hard for her to let go of the character, because I can see she put a lot of work into it and she’s done a really great job. It sounds like [she was] really happy there, so I hope that her new experience is as good as this last one was. I mean, it’s got to be. She’s going to be doing a really cool series, it sounds like an amazing story, but I know it’s tough, when you really connect with a character, so I have a lot of compassion for how she must be feeling right now.”