Dinner’s on Me with Jesse Tyler Ferguson - Side Dish: More with Maitreyi Ramakrishnan

Episode Date: September 17, 2026

More of my interview with ‘Best of the Best’ star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan. Maitreyi tells me about nailing an emotional moment in ‘Never Have I Ever,’ which ‘Turning Red’ costar she calls ��Mother’ and why Universal Studios now holds a special place in her heart. This episode was recorded at Highly Likely in Studio City, Los Angeles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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announced on a Universal Studios tram tour. Now, to get back into the conversation, you're pulling up a chair as my trey walks me through the audition process for her breakout role in Netflix's Never Have I Ever. Do you remember, I'm just curious because you, you know, saying that you didn't have any athlete, although you did play Velma Kelly, which is a complicated, layered role if you asked me. But do you remember, like, any sort of direction or, like, was there notes that were being given to you to, like, adjust your performance?

Like, during the audition? Yeah. Yes. Yeah. I remember just going in, like, thinking, whatever they say, try and, like, the answer to their puzzle, you know, their question. I was so ready to, like, just pivot and change it up. I remember in the last audition, though, because all in high school, we kept it, like,

light and breezy. We did, like, funny plays and musicals. Yeah. So one of the last scenes during the last round of audition was a very sad one, where I'm, like, grieving my dad. Yes. And I'm asking my mother, like, hey, am I a bad daughter because I'm forgetting my dad? He looks like and like, you know, that is important to me.

And I've never, like, done that kind of thing before. I'm used to making people laugh. And I did it, the scene, and it was okay, right? And then Lang Fisher, other showrunner to Minnie Kaling, said, like, okay, I want you to do that again. Just take a breath. Don't worry about, like, the time. But I just want your heart to feel heavy.

I want you to show me what it feels like when your heart is so physically heavy in your chest. And something about that note just hit. I took my second and I was like, okay, like, and I just started the scene. And I felt my heart physically feel heavy to a point that I was doing the scene. I knew my lines, like, you know, tattooed in my brain. But I just kind of stopped talking midway through the scene because I got that sad. I don't know what clicked.

And then I was like, oh, oh, my God. I'm so sorry, my bad. And they're like, no, no, no, that's perfect. Just go again from the top. That was perfect. And I was like, okay. And I did it again. and I just felt the room go from like, ha, ha, he, he.

In the beginning half, where they were all like, you know, oh, my God, my trace will probably look at this young 17-year-old, like, brat. Yeah. To, they were just silent, you know? And I was like, oh. And I didn't know what that meant at the time. I was like, okay. Well, goodbye.

Bye now. Thanks for hanging out with me. Did it feel like you, like, tapped into, like, the power of, like, a truthful moment? Yes. Yeah. You generally felt. You recognize that it was a good thing. Now that I look back, I think what happened was I just really did feel like, oh, I'm so dialed into this character and what it feels to empathize with this girl.

Even though I never went to school for like acting and never had like formal training, all the time I'd be asked like, what's your method? Like, what's your process? And I'm not a very book smart actor. Like I don't write my shit out. I keep it all in my head, which I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

I don't know. I don't know. I don't either. Listen, I don't either, and I'm well into this industry, and I feel like I keep working. You're killing it. You're killing it. I just feel like when you put too many notes in the margin of what your intention is, it's just like you get, I personally get way down by that. I get too locked in. Yeah, yeah.

Too locked in and then I'm not flexible to what a director wants or what like my team partner might throw at me. Because like, you know, I want to mix. But my process when it comes to characters, now how I describe it is I have to be my characters. best defense lawyer. Even if my character is going to do something bad, I need to explain to the jury, even though they're going to say she's guilty, I need to just explain to the jury, but why she didn't. Right, right. You know, Velma's on the stand. She killed him. But let me explain to you why. It's like you have to love who you're playing. Exactly. Love who you're playing. Even in like the defense lawyer, take care of him. My favorite end for like villains. It's like they have a reason for

being horrible. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Even though it might not be a valid, like, you know, or a great reason, it's real to them. Yeah. You know, and trying to find that. Yeah. And then you're swimming. Then you get people to root for you or at least understand your character.

Even if they hate you, they respect this character as a real person. Yeah. You know? Yeah. And I'm like, I could be egregious as a character, but it makes sense. So that's kind of my vibe. Now for a quick break, but don't go away. When we come back, my Tray and I talk about her.

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Mm-mm. Okay, so you're just here for press. Yeah. I love being driven places and just dropped off. Yeah, I will say it's nice. It's quite nice. I cannot live. Do you live in Canada?

Yeah, Toronto side. Okay. Yeah, yeah. And, like, what is your relationship with L.A.? I mean? See, so I only was here for, like, work for like the beginning. I was not here like my first time

being in L.A. was for the job. And then I only really come for work. Yeah. But at first I was like I don't know if I really like it. Like because I have like no friends and I have no family here at that time. And then I built my like community. And now that I have my people, I really

like it. Yeah. Because of the people. I think when you like also make friends that know the restaurants to go and like the fun places to hang out that are not just a rap party. An insider information. Yeah. Not just someone's restaurant recommendation because they went there for a rat party, you know? Like actually good, like, you know, food or like good places to hang.

Then it's like, okay, we're vibes. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Now I like it. I enjoy it now. I don't. I also came to L.A. because of work. Okay. And I didn't really want to come here.

Where are you coming from? New York. I was a theater kid. It's like I did, you know, on stage stuff. And then I did a TV show, not modern family, something before that. And I was like put up in a hotel. like in Studio City. And I remember, like, trying to connect with some of my other cast members who met here.

And I was, like, being given instructions on how to get from one neighborhood to another. And, like, in my mind, everything's, like, super close. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Not realizing, like... Well, you're from New York subway. Yes, exactly. Oh, my God, totally different. Yeah.

So, like, going from, you know, Studio City to, like, Santa Monica, it was a whole, like... It's, like, going to two different cities. You have to commit. And I was, like, what number of the exit? Because, like, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I grew up, like, we got to I'm like exit 204. And they're like, we don't number our exits. Like they were so...

Wow. See, I like, I just recently spent a proper chunk of time in New York. Yeah. Because then I only went to New York for press, like doing like the late night circuit or whatever. Right. But I actually had a project there that like let me be there for four months. Oh, nice.

And I really liked it. Where did you say? What neighborhood? Well, I was technically in Jersey, but Jersey City. That's not the whole same thing, yeah. Yeah, but I would literally take just right in front of my apartment a one-minute walk. was like the train leading me straight to like the World Trade Center. Yeah.

And I was like, oh, this is great. So I spent a lot of time more in New York, but I will never forget, like, the first anxiety is taking the subway and then feeling like, wait, I can do this. Yeah. And then I went back for like whatever press trip or whatever with my friends. And I was like, wait, did I lose like the subway touch? And then I was okay. Yeah.

I was okay. I was like, yo, this is like unmatched level of independence. I know. It's like when you get your license for the first time and you can go anywhere, that's how I feel about the subway. Yeah, that's me back home in, like, Mississauga, where I'm from. I'm a suburban kid, so you have to drive. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You know how to drive or you're, like, screw. Or know someone who drives. Right. Make them your driver friend. Right, right, right, right, right. But you enjoy Toronto. Yeah. The Toronto side.

The Toronto side. It's like, Canada's just so big that it's like different. I know. I know. It's a very cool. Different vibe. And what do we call the middle? No man's land.

Truly no man's land. It's like the middle of Australia. Whatever the fuck's going on there. No, truly, truly. It's like, right, huh? The middle. Alberta? Yeah, I guess so. Calgary, I guess. Yeah. I just spend time in Toronto doing, filming something. It's like, you know, the only time I ever go up there is to the film. I loved it. Yeah, it was nice. It's nice. It's like smaller New York. Like much, much, much smaller New York. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You guys in New York, it's actually quite big and there's all the different like burbs. But Toronto, you can get to like, you know, either side and back easily.

Yeah, yeah. But we also don't have the transportation system you guys have. Yeah. Our transportation system is not nearly as great. But I like drunk. Now for a quick break, but don't go away. When we come back, my Trey reveals which iconic actress and friend of this podcast she calls Mother, and we hear the hilarious story of a Universal Studios tour guide who knew more about her show than she did.

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And we're back with more dinners on me. We just had Sandra O on the podcast when I was in London, and she's a dear friend, and I love her so much. And she spoke about how encouraged she was by just how many. stories are being told, you know, we're sort of in this Renaissance moment, the Asian stories being told on television and film. And I know you two work together. She's mother.

Yeah, I know. Sandra O. His mother energy. That's Canada's mother right there. I know. Oh, yeah, but it's Canadian, too. That's Canada's mother right there. But the movie is, was it seeing red? Yeah, turning red.

Turning red. Yeah, yeah. I think in the UK, they call it seeing red or like, it's interesting. Oh, really? One of those situations. There's like another, it's like a Zootopia, Zootropolis thing. Yes. Where it's like a regional should make.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Turning red, seeing red. Oh, my God, we were just in Spain and we went by a billboard. And Moana was called something completely different. Oh. And our friend who is from Spain, she was like, yeah, Moana like means something. Like, it's not good here. I was like, she wouldn't even tell me what it meant.

I'm not going there. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Google at home, folks. Yeah, yeah, Google it. Yeah. But my kids introduced me to Turning Red. Yeah. And it's such a great, great film. But, like, what I was noticing when I was, like, kind of looking at your, I mean, what you've accomplished already in your 24 years is a professional actor.

Like, you know, between Never Have I Ever, Best of the Best, Turning Red, like, there's this, this through line of like coming of age that is like kind of present in all these stories and I'm certainly it probably is you know a moment in your time because you're going to go to a point where like you literally outgrow yeah the coming of age stories the brown doesn't frown just yet but there will be a time where I will age like fine one you know it's okay I used to like kind of crash out a bit

I was like all these casting directors are saying I look too young to play this part I want to be older and then my writer friend was like my tray, the older roles will always be there. Yeah. Enjoy it while you have it. Because then once you are there, you can't go back, babes. And I'm like, fair enough. Fair enough.

But there is a through line of like coming of age in my projects, I guess. Yeah, there is. But I think people come of age, I think the reason why coming of age stories work so well, too, is because people kind of come of age multiple times in their life. You know, I don't think coming of age is something that happens just once and, you know, one and done. I mean, turning red is a movie about. Me, our main girl

coming of age, but also kind of her mother at the same time. Like that bamboo forest scene where you realize, like, oh, she's also it's the moment where you realize oh, your parents are also just having their first time at life as well. It's like, oh, you actually also have no idea what you're doing.

You don't have all the answers, but you're my parent. You're supposed to know everything and you're like, oh, you're also like, my mom is literally just a girl. She's just a girl. She's figuring it out too. That's literally the point of turning around. Your mother is also just a girl. Right. She's trying. It's her first time at life. Just give her a little bit of grace if you can. It's so true. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. I mean, I'm realizing that in real time as a dad now. I have a three-year-old and a six-year-old. And just every month, it feels like I'm in this other phase. I'm like, where's the handbook for this phase? Because I have no idea what's going on. I do not. I yelled at my three-year-old this morning because he was

frustrated me. He was doing that thing where like you try and stand him up and he just like has rubber legs. And I was like, it was really pissing me off and he was laughing about it. And it just like... You got rage-baited. I got rage-baited. You were done.

Yeah. You got you. I literally said at one point and now I'm like listening to myself. I'm like, yeah, I would be laughing too. I was like, I am your papa. Yeah. Uh-huh. And it's like, of course he was laughing at me.

Because I was really ridiculous. And get ready for a couple more decades of that. Oh. You're like, don't say that. No, get ready. I know. There's way more rage bait to come. Way more than rubber legs.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, you're gonna pray for the rubber leg days. You're gonna be like, can you just flop over again? Flop over. So much easier. Yeah. So harmless. But like, that's your coming of age moment too,

where you're also just kind of crashing out, like a teenager being like, stop it, stop. Truly. You know? Are they so mad at myself for getting angry again? Mm-mm-mm. But that is funny though. Yeah.

A good rubber legs bit. Hey, that's some good physical comedy. Yeah. You know? Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. They praised Charlie Joplin when he did.

I see art. So you're here in L.A. for a little while. Yes. What else do you have planned while you're here? Are you going to like see, are you going on another house tour? More celebrity, you know, bus tours. I did spontaneously go to Universal Studios with my friend. Okay.

She told me, I haven't been, I was like 10. Yeah. And I was like, we got to go. There was like an hour and a half left to the park opening. And I was like, no, we gotta go. It's the greatest. It's a banex. And it's so close.

So close. It's smack in the middle of L.A. But I'm also, like, so nostalgic for it because that's where we shot, Never Have I Ever. Oh, right. And I wanted to show my friend, like, the back lot tour because fun story that I, like, just remembered last week because we went to Universal Studios. The way I found out about the name of the show, Never Have I Ever, was because of the tram tour. So Mindy in season one, I was 17, working my butt off. And I had one day off.

And Mindy was like, I'm going to buy you tickets to, not even, it wasn't even a day off, it was the weekend. And my friend who sent me the tweet was visiting me in L.A. Yeah. And Mindy bought us tickets, my mom, my brother, my bestie and I to go to Universal Studios. I've never been, right? And she's like, go treat yourself, have fun,

and it was super sweet of her. So we go on the weekend, and I am thrilled. I'm like, oh, my God, this is amazing. We don't have theme parks like that in Canada. Yeah, yeah. I'm so excited. And then I see that they do tram tours of like the back lot.

And I'm like, yo, guys, we gotta go. I wanted to show my best friend, like, yo, this is like where I work, blah, blah, blah. So we go, we're on the tram tour, and they take us up to the back lot with Stury Lane where they have like the Desperate Housewives and all that. And, you know, the Tour Guide goes, you know, if you look to your right and your left on the street,

you'll see the houses that are familiar from the show Desperate Housewives, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And I'm like showing my friend. I'm like, yo, Shahara, like, that's my house. That's like Davy's house, da-da-da. And then the tour guide operator goes, well are there any fans of Mindy Kaling any fans of the office here

and then I was like oh cool yeah woo and then because like you know show is not even out yet season one no one knows what the fuck I am and like yeah any fans of the office Mindy Kaling well Mindy Kaling's new show and at the time we were calling it Untitled Kaling Fisher project

right untitled YNA Netflix Kaling Fisher blah blah and they're like well Mindy Kaling's new show never have I ever and I was like that's the name of our show? Holy fuck, that's the name of our show. You were like, does she have another show? No, I'm like, wait a minute, who else lives here?

No, I was like, holy fuck. Like, that's the name of our show. That's such an interesting way to find out. Literally, as a tourist, with the people, I found out the name of the show. I love that story. Right? I went back to set that Monday. I was like, guys, guys, guys, I found out the name of the show. The shows never have I ever.

What a great acronym. I eat, so marketable, so amazing. I wonder what font they're going to use. This is so smart. It makes sense. Davy's doing so many things that she's never done before, blah, blah, blah. And then Lange is like, the other showrunner, Lang Fisher, goes, oh, okay, so cats out of the bag, everyone, I guess. This is your phone is a tour guide.

Yeah, no, no, Lang wasn't even mad at me, but it was just like, okay, so yeah, the name of the show is going to be never have I ever. Thank you, my tree. But also, how did that guy find out? I don't know. Insider information. It's that Universal Studios insider info. I mean, it wasn't very well protected if you ask me. Clearly not.

Clearly not. But I remember going back to Universal Studios a couple years later. Maybe we were season three or like season four-ish time. And I went with my cousin and this time I'm incognito. Sometimes I'll be extra. I put a wig on, got a cap. I got my cosplay, big lashes, makeup, you know? So people like will recognize me and it worked.

I bet. Yeah. It was extra, but it worked. And we go because I want to show my cousin. Like, this is where I work. blah blah blah. You got Gladys from what's the movie? What was the movie?

Gladys was in. Weapons, yeah, yeah, yeah. That was essentially me. I was Gladys. I was Gladys at the back of the tram, giving people a secondary tour in case they weren't really engaged or viving with the real tour guide.

You could listen to my fun facts on the side. And I was like, yo, like, to my cousin, I'm like, yo, this is where I live, da-da-da-da. And then it was like, oh, if there's any fans, of never have I ever, my Trey Rahmukhishnan's house is here. And that was a moment where as someone with a 20-letter long name, and I love my name because in every after credits, like, you know, all the credits at the end of a movie.

It sticks out extra long. It always sticks out extra long. You know where she is. You'll find her. That's why I have Jesse Tyler Ferguson. You'll find it. You'll find her. But it was just like a moment where, you know, they went from like saying like,

oh, Mindy Kailings, you know, news show, never have. I ever to, never have I ever starring Maitreya Ramakrishnan. They said my name like correctly. Wow. And people on the best, really, we're like, yo, yo, my tree, oh, so cool, that's so cool. And that was just a really nice moment to see that in a place like Universal Studios where there's these families that are, you know, they are on a vacation. Like, you know, it's a privileged thing to do, right?

It's a treat. My long, brown, thumbal name is a part of that treat. Yeah. It's similarly to how there's like a marquee. Netflix billboard here in LA. Like, you know, they change it up every so often. And, you know, the other seasons earlier, the billboard would be like, Team Ben or Team Paxton.

But for season four, the Billboard just said, never have I ever not loved my Trey Ramakrishnan. And it was my whole name on this billboard. How special. And that was a moment of like... On Sunset Boulevard. No, literally. Sunset Boulevard.

And just having my full name there, I was like, wow, that's cool. I don't care about seeing my face. My name, I was like, that, that's cool. To just see a long, thumbal, like, last name, first name. That was cool. Sorry, that was a really big tangent. You can't give me food and expect me to stay on topic.

I'm too chill. I can't be doing this. No, you're perfect. I can't stay on topic and answer a question. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. That all came from what else you're going to do while you're in L.A., and I loved it. Yeah, literally what the fuck?

No, you're great. Listen. I'm going to go to DuPard. with Mindy. There you go. That's my favorite. You're seeing her today, right? Yes. Okay. We must tell her I said hot. I will. 100%. Yeah.

The Big Jupar's girly. Yeah. Good, good, good. And Mindy and I're going to go get some fat pancakes. Nice. That's the vibes. Good little catch-up, you know? I love it. With my OG fairy godmother. Yes. Changed my life.

That was a little more from my conversation with my Trey Ramakrishnan. If you haven't heard our full conversation yet, make sure to check it out on Diner's On Me. This episode of Dinners On Me was recorded at highly likely in Studio City, Los Angeles. Next week on Dinner's On Me. You know him from The White Lotus, Silo, and Reality Bites, and he's starring in the Hulu series Chad Powers, now out with its second season. It's Steve's On.

We'll talk about his decisions to raise his kid outside the Hollywood bubble in Kentucky, and what it's been like to work alongside his daughter in a project very personal to him. Plus some behind-the-scenes tidbits about filming that first season of the White Lotus. Dinner's On Me is a production. of Sony Music Entertainment and a kid named Beckett Productions. It's hosted by me, Jesse Tyler Ferguson. It's executive produced by me and Jonathan Hirsch. Our showrunner is Joanna Clay.

Our associate producer is Alyssa Midcalf. Sam Baer engineered this episode. Hans Dale She composed our theme music. Special thanks to Tamika Balance Kalasni and Justin McKita. I'm Jesse Tyler Ferguson. Join me next week.