00:00I promised I wouldn't say embarrassing things about her. I was catching myself before I
00:03say anything. I do like a meatloaf, but that was a lot of meatloaf.
00:08Wow. It was brilliantly bonkers. Didn't know what to expect. Came out loving dogs even
00:13more than I loved them before.
00:14Oh, good.
00:15How were you after filming this? Were you just exhausted? Because this looked like it
00:18took everything.
00:19I was very exhausted, yes. Thank you for asking. I felt like I'd- Yeah, but it was very cathartic
00:24at the same time, sort of working through this sort of female rage and this sort of
00:32loss of identity, kind of working through all of those things. It was cathartic.
00:36What's the reaction been like from women who have children? Are they thanking you for just
00:41letting everyone know? Just kind of a reality?
00:43Yeah, there's been a lot of people who feel really seen on a lot of different spectrums.
00:49People who talk to me about their experience with their postpartum mental health. Women
00:55who just find joy in remembering that time or great relief that they're out of it. And
01:01then the most unexpected is people coming up to me and saying, it makes me think of
01:04my mom. And that, of course, as a mom, that really touches me.
01:09Yeah, that definitely makes me feel emotional. In regards to being a mom of a 14-year-old,
01:15are you going to let her see it?
01:17Eventually. Right now, it's pretty much okay, but there's just a couple scenes where, yeah,
01:23no.
01:24Pretty cool to be like, my mom turns into a dog.
01:27Yeah, I mean, I promised I wouldn't say embarrassing things about her, so I'm just catching myself
01:33before I say anything.
01:35But I love how real you are as a woman. That chin hair, I was rejoicing.
01:40That is mine. That was mine.
01:42And it was a cracker.
01:44It was a good one, yeah. I can really- It's so attractive, right? But that's like part
01:50of life, right? We grow hair.
01:53Was it very different from what you've done in the past? Did it feel weird that you were
01:57kind of being so different, perhaps, from what you would have been on set in your past
02:00films?
02:01No, it felt really freeing. Like, I didn't judge it, and I think that was what was wonderful
02:06for me about this role is that she's going through this experience of sort of divorcing
02:12herself from deep judgment of herself, giving herself permission to just be, and I kind
02:18of took that on, and it was really freeing.
02:20I loved it. The ingrowing hair and the period blood in the shower was just rejoicing the
02:27fact that it looked so real.
02:29It happens, right?
02:30And it was just so- Honestly, I couldn't believe how good it looked. It really did look so
02:35normal, and men in the cinema were gasping, and all the women are going, oh my god, that
02:40looks really good.
02:41Yeah, there have been conversations around that that have been really interesting, but
02:45I'm glad the conversations are happening because it is so normal for women to have that experience
02:51that I don't know why it feels so taboo to talk about or to see.
02:55And I love the way that you insist on joy. I think we need to encourage that more.
03:00Absolutely. Absolutely. It is a fight sometimes.
03:05And have you found that you've taken this into your real life? You've learnt things
03:09from the book, from the script, from the character?
03:11Yeah, absolutely. And the experience of making this and the perspective that I've had now
03:18that it's two years since we made it, and I definitely find myself to be a calmer, more
03:24present, focusing on gratitude but doing it in a way that isn't dismissing struggle.
03:31You know, that they can both exist at the same time.
03:34Yeah, and how incredible that you're releasing this film, you have a daughter, and she's
03:37got that to look at as a measurement for her happiness in her life, and it's really...
03:42I hope she takes that. I hope she gets to that point in her life where she isn't just
03:47like cringing at her mom, you know? That'll be great.
03:50But you've done some cool things up until now that she definitely won't have cringed
03:53at, right?
03:54Yeah, I'm trying to think. She really liked Arrival. I finally let her see that about
03:58a year ago. Not because there was anything complicated, but more I just never wanted
04:03her to see me parent somebody else on screen. I thought I didn't want her to think that
04:07my parenting her was performative in any way, so I was always careful to let her watch that.
04:12She must have loved Enchanted. Come on now.
04:14Oh, yeah. When she was younger, she did. But she was... I think it was always weird for
04:19her to get lost in the fantasy when it was me. So, you know, she'd be like, you're acting
04:24silly, mom.
04:25And just finally, how fun was it to be a pooch? I mean, the scene when you're eating with
04:28your mouth, you're running all over the floors.
04:31Oh, that was fun. Except, I mean, it looks like fun, except you have to do it so many
04:34times, and that's a lot of meatloaf. I do like a meatloaf, but that was a lot of meatloaf.
04:39Yeah.
04:40And you found love for dogs, or you found respect for dogs?
04:43I always have loved dogs and had respect for dogs. It deepened. I mean, the problem is
04:47when you're on set with that many dogs and they're all so cute, all I want to do is lay
04:51down and be in a real dog pile, you know? That's all I want, and it's everything I can
04:56do to not sort of get them off their game, because I can't distract them from their work.
05:01Maybe next move is a dog kennel. You could open one of those. A dog sanctuary.
05:04Exactly. I'd love that.
05:06Amy, thank you so much. I loved it, and I really hope it does incredibly well.
05:09Thank you. I appreciate it.
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