For us, as actors, and even for the director, it gave us a sense of authenticity to what we were doing because we were talking about Hollywood and we were in Hollywood.

I guess I'm the perfect young lead actress. I'm not Chloe Sevigny - I'm not really a character actress. Some actors have "character" faces.

For us, as actors, and even for the director, it gave us a sense of authenticity to what we were doing because we were talking about Hollywood and we were in Hollywood.

Sometimes we had to improvise. I hate to improvise because I felt like I couldn't find words.

I'm okay. Nobody's bothering me. Everyone's very kind, and very polite. I don't feel like my whole life changed.

I think the approach of the character for us is the same in a silent movie as in a talking movie because we had balance, we had lines to learn.

I read Gloria Swanson's autobiography just because I wanted to know what it was like in the time.