Does art imitate life or does life imitate art?

InThe Good Place’sManny Jacinto’s case, it’s the latter.

“There’s a sentence that Jason says to Chidi about relationships, and it hit me pretty hard.

Dianne and Manny at an event

“I had these canvas things written down with a message saying why the places were important to us.

Jacinto explained that Doan might have been feeling a little let down after spot number one.

“So with the first note, she was like, ‘Oh, that’s cool.’

Manny at a panel with his co-stars

I think she was a little disappointed there wasn’t more.”