Cummings is a huge fan of the 2001 dark comedy starring Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson. "I remember just even seeing the poster and being like, 'Oh my god, Thora Birch has green hair, and Scarlett Johansson is beautiful but awkward!' And I was like, 'Ah, I relate to these girls.' I think that's the first time I was like, OK, everyone doesn't have to look like a Barbie doll, which was nice. And they were kind of cynical and dark and funny, and I remember Thora Birch told some guy to die — she was like, 'Go die!' I f*cking love her. It was so irreverent and honest and awkward and everything that I felt at the time. Thora Birch was like, 'I'm sick of everyone, everyone sucks,' and I was like, 'Yeah!' She just hates everything, which I love. Which I totally relate to. It's like a buddy comedy with girls, and it just felt superfresh, and this girl had a voice. And on 2 Broke Girls, the Kat Dennings character is very outspoken, and we kind of have her talk like a guy. All my girlfriends are comedians; we don't sit around and drink mimosas. We drink beer and have a good time and talk about everything that we hate and anything that pisses us off. We're not giving each other manicures. So I like that it broke a pattern of one-dimensional women."
