Laura Dern on Working With Noah Baumbach in 'Jay Kelly': "It's the Time of My Life" | THR Video - video Dailymotion

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At The New York Film Festival, 'Jay Kelly' star Laura Dern chats with The Hollywood Reporter and describes working with Noah Baumbach as the "time of her life," whether the part is big or small. Plus, she talks about the importance of family and having people alongside you in the industry.

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00:00So, obviously, you've worked with Noah before on Marriage Story.

00:04Is your relationship such now where he could just call you up,

00:07or, like, how did you get involved with this project?

00:12Immediately.

00:12All he has to do is call me up and just say, we're doing this one.

00:17As he said, some of the parts will be small, some of the parts will be big,

00:21but we just got to keep being with each other because it's the time of my life,

00:26and he means the world to me.

00:29Greta means the world to me, and they've really become my family.

00:34And, you know, as this movie reflects on, you know, family matters,

00:39and we don't want to miss it.

00:40Not only do we not want to miss our lives, the film isn't about cinema.

00:45It's about people not missing their lives.

00:48But for those of us within film,

00:52why would we not want to get to do the thing we love with the people we love the most,

00:56if we're lucky?

00:57So I'm hoping for the handful of directors who have been my family in my life

01:03to keep working with them throughout my life.

01:06And you mentioned that this is a movie about people in the film industry.

01:10Did you draw out any of your own experiences in the business working on this film?

01:14Well, I definitely drew on the loyalty of one's publicist,

01:19because I've had the same one since I was 19, named Annette Wolfe,

01:24and she gets so embarrassed when I talk about her.

01:26But she has stood beside me since I was 19 years old, right after Blue Velvet.

01:31And, you know, it's another mother, sister, best friend figure that kind of carries you through the journey.

01:39So I've been very, very lucky to have a total class act.

01:44You know, and the people that are there to teach you and guide you, if you're lucky,

01:49they also teach you about boundaries and about protecting yourself

01:53and standing on your own, separate, in my case, from my parents' careers.

01:59And it's a lot to learn.

02:01So I was very lucky to have, you know, the very best teaching me.

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