00:00Noah asked me, and we went and had lunch.
00:04We talked for a couple hours.
00:06We didn't really spend much time together, so we kind of got to know each other.
00:09And I read the part, and I told him that's sort of impossible to do.
00:13I don't think I don't know how to do it.
00:15And he was like, okay, well, could you try?
00:18And I'm a huge Noah Baumbach fan, so that was an easy yes for me
00:23to be pushed to do something you don't typically know how to do
00:27and expand your vocabulary for your work is a really incredible gift to have.
00:33And you have that sort of breakout scene,
00:36and I think you've talked about how it was difficult for you.
00:40You were just talking about that here.
00:41What was sort of the biggest challenge for you?
00:44Well, I don't.
00:48There's lots of different ways to be an actor.
00:50One of them is a result-oriented actor.
00:52That means you kind of script out when you're going to laugh,
00:55when you're going to cry, when you're going to be angry, when you're going to be moved.
00:58I'm more of what's called an event-related actor,
01:02whereas I try to tell the story as best I can, given the words that I mean.
01:05And if any kind of emotional reaction happens in the telling of that story, I just let it out.
01:10To be able to cry on cue is not really my thing.
01:13And so that's what Noah asked me to do.
01:16So I had to figure out how to do it.
01:20It's not enjoyable.
01:21And obviously, this is a very Hollywood story.
01:27Did you draw on any of your own experiences in the industry when you were working on this film?
01:32Well, it's very easy to draw on acting experiences.
01:35I went to acting school, too.
01:37So to deal with the hierarchy when people get out of school,
01:42who gets an agent first, who gets a manager first,
01:44who gets the first audition, who gets the first job,
01:47who gets the first magazine thing,
01:48all those things, they're in the air everywhere.
01:52And it's really hard to maintain your friendships
01:56and your collegial relationships under that kind of pressure.
02:00And so this movie reflects on that moment between both of them.
02:05And that's a very easy one for me to remember.
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