penny has big theater kid energy aka outgoing, doesn't know what an inside voice is, talks too much and interacts with people she's only just met as though they've known each other forever, loves attention—in fact, the whole reason she got into acting professionally was because her sister was on a reality show and she wanted to be in the spotlight instead. but she genuinely does love acting despite being a bit of a social climber, and she takes work seriously and is always very professional on set. so in a way, i think his prioritizing working on other things would've rubbed her the wrong way depending on how he acted about it?