Psych’s Dulé Hill Chats with TV Guide

With Psych‘s third season kicking off tonight (yay!), Dulé Hill (Gus) takes a moment with TV Guide to talk about Cybill Shepherd, the Shawn-Gus relationship and being the ‘straight man’ on the show. Read on!

In 2006, Dulé Hill leapt from the gravity of The West Wing to the giddiness of Psych (Fridays at 10 pm/ET, USA). Season 3 opens with Cybill Shepherd joining the fun as Shawn’s mom. You don’t need to be a fake psychic to predict this season’s going to be a blast.

TV Guide: Cybill. Discuss!
Dulé Hill: I didn’t have scenes with her, but hopefully when she comes back later this season we’ll interact. She was great.

TV Guide: Describe the Gus-Shawn dynamic.
Hill: I look at Shawn and Gus as brothers, really. Gus is starting to loosen up. He’s still neurotic but he’s having more fun.

TV Guide: How do you like being the straight man?
Hill: We all play our positions, like any basketball team. The power forward can’t be the point guard. Somebody has to set up the [jokes].

TV Guide: Would you hang with Gus and Shawn?
Hill: I would, but they’d both get on my nerves. Shawn is always trippin’, and Gus can be too anal! But once in a while, when I need an exciting day…

TV Guide: You had plenty of those on The West Wing.
Hill: As a young actor, I couldn’t have asked for better, working with Martin Sheen, Aaron Sorkin and everyone. Priceless. Psych is easier because we laugh and sing ’80s songs rather than discuss world affairs.