Yvette Nicole Brown says her first acting teachers were actually her children’s co-stars Drake & Josh.

“It was amazing to see Drake (Bell), Josh (Peck) and Miranda (Cosgrove) being so amazing at such a young age,” the newlyweds told PEOPLE in a recent interview. “I was just starting out as an actor, so I really learned and studied these babies and learned how they move on these sets.”

Brown, 53, played Helen Dubois, the manager of the Premiere Theater and Josh’s (Josh Peck) boss on the Nickelodeon sitcom about stepbrothers. Her character reappeared in seasons 2 to 4 from 2004 to 2007.

“It was one of the first or second things I ever did,” she says. “It was really exciting to be on this training ground and already working with professionals, even if they were very young.”

Brown added: “We had a really good time.”

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Brown and Peck recently had a Mini Drake & Josh See you again on his podcast, Good people.

“I didn’t know this was going to happen,” Brown says. “He said, ‘We’d like to recreate some scenes here on the podcast, and I happened to have this scene from it.’ Drake & Josh.’ He pulled out a scene from ‘Helen’s Surgery’ (season three episode) – where I have to have eye surgery.”

In the podcast episode released on November 4th, the former co-stars returned to their roles.

“I sound the same,” Peck says in the clip posted to Instagram.

“You do,” Brown agrees.

In the series, Helen hated Josh. But in real life, Brown says she “adored” Peck.

“Me and Josh immediately fell back into those characters (at the reunion in November). “You would have thought it was 20 years ago yesterday,” Brown tells PEOPLE. “It was really interesting to realize how these characters still live in our bodies and we can just become Helen and Josh.”

Later in the podcast episode, Brown revealed as much Drake & Josh is still one of her most famous roles.

“If I get stopped on the street, I get stopped Drake & Josh more than anything else – even more than Communitysaid Brown. “People still love Helen. It was 15 episodes, 20 years ago, but they still love the old girl.”