“Abbott Elementary” star, showrunner and creator Quinta Brunson is wanting ahead to her subsequent large undertaking.

Throughout a latest interview with Bustle, the Emmy-winner defined that she is “wanting ahead to shifting away” from her position as elementary faculty trainer Janine Teagues. She added that she is aware of a number of forged members who would additionally “love” to develop to different roles.

“We’re so lucky and blessed to be on a community TV present for 5 seasons, and for individuals to nonetheless be followers,” Brunson defined. “That being mentioned, I’ve forged members who would like to pursue different tasks, and our present could be very time-consuming. We shoot about seven months out of the yr. That may cease individuals from with the ability to do quite a lot of different issues.”

Brunson mentioned that she is at the moment parsing by means of scripts to see what would possibly come subsequent, however remains to be ready for the right TV present or film to cross her desk.

“Proper now, I’m receiving scripts, and ready for that second that looks like, ‘Oh man, that is precisely what I’ve been on the lookout for,’” she mentioned. “’Abbott’ has been so profitable, and I need to use that success to get different individuals’s tasks off the bottom.”

Brunson added that she is particularly trying to play “in opposition to sort” for her subsequent position.

“I’m at all times curious about taking part in in opposition to sort,” she mentioned. “I believe that’s any actor’s dream. Proper now my sort is ‘Janine’ and ‘trainer.’ I’m wanting ahead to shifting away from that a little bit bit.”

“Abbott Elementary,” which has received 4 Emmys since its launch in 2021 on ABC, additionally stars Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter, Chris Perfetti, Sheryl Lee Ralph and William Stanford Davis.