Katherine Heigl opened up about her experience on set of State of Affairs in a recent interview.

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Zap2it posted an interview on Monday with Katherine Heigl and she talked about what it's like acting and producing the hit show.

"I have the opportunity to not only perform in it but executive-produce it ... and I'm not sure why I feel this way, but acting and performing has always felt a bit more like kid's play to me, because it's something I've always loved. I love the opportunity to tell stories and be imaginative, and the executive-producing angle of it feels more like a grown-up job," she said.

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When pressed on what kind of research she has done for her CIA-analyst role in State of Affairs, she said having Rodney Faraon, executive producer of the series, on set was great because he has experience as a presidential briefer.

"When the team and I were doing these scenes and kind of trying to set it up as realistically as possible, we could turn to Rodney and say, 'How would they handle this particular situation? Would they be just chilling in the offices like this, first thing in the morning, singing and hanging out and decompressing?' We get to have a real, live ex-briefer tell us 'yea' or 'nay' -- which has been fantastic," she told Zap2it.

At one point, Heigl felt that she was "letting down her audience" and that was wasn't really "chalenging them" either. Which is reportedly why she stepped back form her career for a while before beginning State of Affairs.

"I think [that's what] this opportunity is, and I think a lot of people want to know, 'Why this show? Why come back to television?' Because it's an extraordinary role, and it's an extraordinary opportunity, and it's an extraordinary story," she said.

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