00:11What was it that you set out to tell about Batita's story, what did you want to tell
00:15about her story?
00:16You know what was so important to me was that I dove in on a personal level to understand
00:21what happened in her real life and what was happening in the script and to do that.
00:27In her real life I studied everything, mostly exposition, I did read the book half of it.
00:33Beat the family.
00:34Hey everybody, this is Patrizia, and this is my family.
00:38Take this tape out!
00:39They had it all, wealth, style, power.
00:44Who wouldn't care for that?
00:48She owned my life, it is an empire.
00:52You can help the family.
00:54You know, I really feel in some ways that my process has been sensationalized into something.
01:01But I don't like to lie about my work and my process, so what I will say is this.
01:08I'm a romantic when it comes to art.
01:10I had a romantic relationship with my character, Patrizia.
01:14I had a romantic relationship with the script, and I dove head first into this world because
01:21she's nothing like me.
01:22And an inherently wide-eyed person that is looking to transgress society financially is something
01:34that I don't identify with.
01:35So I spent a lot of time living my life looking for where money and value lies.
01:42Then there's the accent.
01:43Then there's the ability to talk as myself, meaning as Stephanie, with the accent so that
01:49I knew that I could speak from a place that was visceral, that was true.
01:55Then there's the script which you have to analyze until you're, you know, dead behind the eyes.
02:02For me, I would stop at nothing to take help of my character.
02:09I'll see you later!
02:11Good pleasure!
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