00:00Hi, Patricia Arquette here. You're watching Live Minute TV.
00:08Oh, so proud. I can't wait to see the movie.
00:10I'm just excited. I'm sure it's incredible.
00:12She's incredible, and I'm really, really excited to see it.
00:16Well, a lot of things resonated for me.
00:18I mean, I hate how obvious movies are these days,
00:21but there was a lot of undercurrents that I felt were great.
00:24First of all, I loved Hunter S. Thompson growing up,
00:27because this movie is based on this book of this woman
00:30who worked for Hunter S. Thompson for several months,
00:33and it's very strongly inspired by that time.
00:36So that was important to me growing up in the 90s,
00:39discovering your beauty and the commodity of beauty,
00:43and what female beauty is through the eyes of celebrities around you,
00:48and what it's like to be in a celebrity's orbit.
00:50All these kinds of things, these themes that I think are interesting,
00:53but mostly codependence and addiction and unresolved trauma
00:57and the pain that we cause each other.
01:00All the things that I've experienced and my character in it
01:03is the end of the line of codependence.
01:06I just felt really overwhelmed.
01:08I mean, I learned so many things.
01:10It was such a steep learning curve, honestly.
01:12I didn't realize how important it is to actually cut everything
01:18you possibly can out of the script before you shoot,
01:20so you don't waste any time on that.
01:22I feel really good about the acting.
01:24I feel like everybody was incredible, and I cast really well,
01:28and they all threw down, and I feel grateful about that.
01:34I play Ally Russo, which is a character based on a true person,
01:38Cheryl de la Pietra, who had the opportunity to go to the
01:41Woody Creek Ranch and work for Hunter S. Thompson.
01:44It's a story about a young woman who's in a little bit of a rut in her life
01:48and not sure how to pursue her dreams and what steps to take next,
01:52which I think is very true of most young people in their 20s.
01:56They kind of know what they want to do, but they don't know how to start.
01:59And she has the opportunity to work with one of the greats,
02:02Walker Reed, loosely based on Hunter S. Thompson,
02:06to go live at his ranch and really immerse herself in a gonzo experience with him.
02:12We all know Patricia Arquette as an actress, as one of my favorite actresses.
02:16I think we can all say one of the great actresses of her generation,
02:19but working with her as a director, she's a mother and she's so maternal,
02:23and she's got this ability to kind of continue and hold you
02:26and to make you feel really safe and secure,
02:29but also to, like, let you go and try and fail on your own.
02:32I don't think she wanted to micromanage my performance.
02:34She wanted me to, like, put my hand in the fire and burn and then go,
02:37that didn't work, she goes, try something else.
02:39And it's so funny because even in so many moments I was like,
02:41Patricia, I just want to be good like you.
02:43What are the secrets?
02:44And she's like, oh, you have it all in you, honey.
02:45Like, you just keep trying and just try something different.
02:47If it doesn't work, throw it away and try something else.
02:50And for an actor, it's very freeing because you allow yourself,
02:53you're given the space to make mistakes and try again.
02:56And I'll just do another thing for it, because I love it.
02:57I love it.
02:58And I love it.
02:59And I love it all for you.
03:00You know, I love it.
03:01I love it.
03:02I love it.
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