I can’t do anything where I have to be nice to people or I have to adhere to certain norms – I have to be able to create my own norms. It – it’s not that I’m not nice. It’s just that I read so much into every relationship. If I was doing a customer-service thing and I had a 30-second interaction with someone at a store, it would be on my mind all day. I’d wonder, ‘Did that person like me?’ And they’d have already left the store. But that kind of anxiety has actually been very helpful to me, in a way. When I’m not working, I get very agitated, and when I am working I don’t, because I get to express those feelings in a very safe and prescribed environment. I invest them in a character, and I’m much more comfortable that way. That’s my release.

The [hallway] scene was very painful to film because we had been filming for several months and, you know, Andrew and I had become very good friends, and you’re aware that of course it’s a movie and you’re playing characters, but at the same time I was driving Andrew to and from set, which was like an hour away from where we lived, and we kind of spoke in the car a little bit but didn’t really speak on-set. That’s the enjoyable process of acting — becoming emotionally immersed in the role even though it’s occasionally painful.

She’s phenomenal. She’s a totally unique talent. She’s everything. She’s hysterical and real, and she’s just wonderful.

He’s a genius. He’s the funniest person I’ve ever met. He’s the most honest person I’ve ever met, to the point where you’re like, ‘You must be kidding, because the things you’re saying are so honest.’ He’s just so open and lovely. He’s making a Woody Allen movie right now, and I almost cried when I heard that because those are kindred spirits. Oh, God, he’s just fantastic.