After ending her successful six-year run as diabolical cheerleading coach-turned-school principal Sue Sylvester on "Glee," Jane Lynch took a break from acting. Now she's back, and she's one busy lady.

In addition to her starring role on CBS's "Angel From Hell," playing a meddling guardian angel to Maggie Lawson, Lynch is pulling double duty as the host of NBC's "Hollywood Game Night," a madcap game show featuring some of her closest celebrity friends.

"I'm there to ensure everyone has fun, has a drink, and when we're playing games that they follow the rules," says Lynch.

According to Lynch, navigating the two very different gigs has taken some practice.

"I've learned, doing 'Hollywood Game Night,' that it's been a retreat process for me. I started out anxious and loud and piercing," she says. "I've learned I can relax and let my voice drop. It's more about making sure there is a really cool environment for people to have fun."

Lynch is also having a little fun with her other job "Angel From Hell," and while she plays Amy, a hard-partying angel who's often drunk on the job, her character couldn't be further from the real Jane.

"I've been sober for 25 years, and now I'm playing an alcoholic," Lynch tells Headlines & Global News. "It's actually great; it's wonderful. One of the things I've said about Amy is that she's not tortured by her alcoholism, so it's not really an -ism for her. She just loves getting buzzed."

For Lynch, an aunt in real life to two adult nieces, dishing out TV advice is easy, but she insists she isn't one to usually dish out unsolicited advice, instead preferring the quiet approach when it comes to being a real-life guardian angel.

"I really try to be of help and of service in a quiet way," she says with a laugh. "Unless they ask me, I don't opine. But they know that I'm there. So I'd hope that they'd say I was."

 "Angel From Hell" airs Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. EST on CBS. Catch new episodes of "Hollywood Game Night" airing Tuesdays at 8 p.m. EST on NBC.

For more with Jane Lynch, continue reading our interview below:

After "Glee," did you get a lot of offers from people wanting you to play Sue Sylvester all over again?

I really didn't, in fact "Angel From Hell" was maybe the third I'd read, and nothing came anywhere near as good as this.

Were you ready to move on from "Glee"?

I was, I enjoyed every moment of it, but when it was ending I thought this feels right.

What was the most surreal element of the whole "Glee" experience?

This happened during a show I did in Sacramento. This little girl came up to me, looked at me and burst into tears saying, "I love you so much." It's not about me, I know what it's about, and it's about what "Glee" meant to her. It was about turning on the television and watching episodes of "Glee" one after another and feeling so uplifted. That was the beautiful part of it.

You were part of an ensemble on that show, yet you played a breakout character, so how does the word "star" feel?

I don't feel about it that way. Every so often someone will say you were the star of that show, and it's like, 'Oh, OK'. But I am an ensemble person, always have been, and that's what I love. I know it's kind of a big deal that I'm doing this, for me, so I am aware of it but I think about it too much.

It seems everyone from "Glee" is landing on their feet. Was that just great casting, or was it something about that show?

You know, I don't know. There were a lot of cast members on Glee, so we'll have to see how many land on their feet, but everyone seems to be doing really well. Matt Morrison's doing Broadway, and I saw Darren Criss in "Hedwig" on Broadway. I think ["Glee"] was a boot camp for a lot of those kids in terms of learning how to act and to be present and do it in short notice. Then with 18-hour days, they went through the ringer, so anything else will be a piece of cake.

Do you have any favorite cinematic angels?

Clarence on "It's A Wonderful Life." Michael Landon I think was an angel. I didn't know him personally, but I adored him on "Highway To Heaven." I didn't get into "Touched By An Angel," as I really wasn't watching television at that time. But I've met Roma Downey and she's lovely, I bet she was a terrific angel.

Could the moral of "Angel From Hell" be everyone has well-intentioned advice, but we ultimately know what's best for ourselves?

I don't know, I think we do in that our small self doesn't know what's best for ourselves. There's a saying, "You make plans and God laughs." I think that surrendering the ego self to the part of you that is your higher self is key.

Game shows seem to be doing really well. Do you think we're experiencing a renaissance?

I think so; I believe people are loving them again. "Hollywood Game Night" does really well, and I think what's great about "Hollywood Game Night" is the celebrities, it's fun for them. They want to do it, and it's not like sitting on a couch being interviewed, which for some people is not fun. So if you want to peddle your wares or your business, it's more fun for some to do it in a party atmosphere.

Is one of your goals to do a late-night talk show?

You know, I don't really have goals. I kind of let things roll to my feet and say, "OK, I'll do that now." It would depend on how it feels, and what my guardian angel had to say.

What is your angel saying to you?

Literally I don't know, but I will say that opening up to surrendering and just knowing that the universe is rigged in my favor is the thing that keeps me calm. It gives me confidence within my body and not worry about what someone else is doing. Nothing came to me when I finished "Glee," it was months before something did, and I really didn't worry about it. I really didn't.

Would you say you have attained most of what you wanted to do then?

I haven't really attained of a lot of what I wanted. What I've got in my life far exceeds anything I had planned for myself, and I know why that is - it's because I stopped reaching and being anxious and feeling like a victim when I didn't get what I wanted. This is something that I don't know where it comes from within me, I am very resilient and I'm grateful for that being in my DNA.

Did releasing those goals change your life?

It did change things, but I can't tell you the day they went away. I'm a much more peaceful person and live in my skin in a much better way.

What were the simple goals you had?

I just wanted to make my living as an actor. I didn't get paid for a long time, and I still really loved what I did. I really love doing what I do, so I swear to you, if I weren't doing a television show and it all went away tomorrow, I would probably still be doing something like "Gypsy" in Palmdale.

What would you say to that younger Jane that stressed over these things?

Relax ,just relax. My sister sent me a quote recently that I wish she'd sent me 20 years ago, it says, "Act as if the world is rigged in your favor." I told my niece that the other day, and she was like, "Oh yeah."

Did you get that classic "I Dream of Jeannie" or "Bewitched" feeling going into "Angel From Hell"?

Oh yes I did, I grew up with that stuff and loved it. I loved "Bewitched" and all the great guest stars they had like Paul Lynde and Agnes Moorehead, these great character actors who played very flawed, funny, people with superpowers, I loved it.

I do see the similarities in this, and I believe they've really hit on something. Even "I Dream Of Jeannie," where you are a very real person living with someone who has a superpower who really wants to help you and gets you into trouble.

Might there be guest stars on "Angel" you also help?

I don't know, one of the things I love so far about our show is it's about the four characters. We're really focusing on those lives, and there is stuff that happens outside of that, but I think a lot of reasons shows like "Seinfeld," "Bewitched" and "I Dream of Jeannie" worked was because there were like five people on the show. I think what happens is, especially when there are too many cooks in the kitchen, you end up doing stunt casting and you go off in weird places. Here you have these four really great characters, so focus on them.